NHS leaders on the Isle of Wight have welcomed a £48 million funding boost which will pay for building and IT improvements. The Isle of Wight NHS Trust, which runs ambulance, community, hospital and mental health services on the island,...

Shanklin Medical Centre and Sandown Health Centre will become a new combined practice from 1st April 2020, after their merger plans were approved by NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group recently. GP partners say the move will help the...

A beautiful blue butterfly which has been struggling for the last 40 years could be making a comeback, wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has revealed. The Common Blue is the most widespread of the UK’s blue butterflies and during the record-breaking...

The Trustees of Aspire Ryde have announced that Trevor Nicholas will take over responsibility from current CEO and founder of Aspire Ryde, Heath Monaghan, in the Autumn. A born and bred Islander, Trevor studied at Carisbrooke High School before leaving...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is to receive an additional £48million from the Government to help redesign acute services for Island residents, it has been announced tonight (Sunday). Earlier today it was revealed by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson that...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat was called into action when an afternoon trip on the Solent ended almost before it had began for 3 adults and 2 children aboard a 12ft motorboat earlier on today (Sunday).  The boat had suffered engine trouble at...

A 24-year-old woman from Wroxall has been charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis following a road traffic collision in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Police received a report of a road traffic...

L-R Sue Godden, Esther Knight, Dave Woodward, Denyse Larner, Jon Gilbey, Mayor Steve Knight and Karl Stedman Crafternooners, a group of community knitters from Shanklin, have created a collection of 'blankets of love' as part of Shanklin Carnival week. The...

Adam Kay, author of the best-selling ‘This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor’ is set to open this year’s Mountbatten Annual Conference in comedic style. The funnyman and former medic is set to entertain around 200...

A potentially life-saving defibrillator is now available to those living in and visiting Newchurch, thanks to a donation by the Wayfarers Cycle Touring Club. The defib has been purchased in memory of one of the club's members, Alan Paul, who...