Visit Isle of Wight is welcoming an important announcement for the tourism industry. The UK Government has said the new Tourism Sector Deal sets out how the government and industry will ‘work in partnership to boost productivity, develop the skills...

The body of a young woman has been discovered in the search for missing 22-year-old Rosie Johnson, Police have confirmed. Miss Johnson, from Glasgow, went missing from PGL Little Canada in Wootton on Sunday night prompting a major search to...

A specialist motor neurone disease (MND) clinic set up by Mountbatten is helping to reduce multiple appointments and giving patients quick and direct access to support under one roof. Every month, health and social care professionals from Mountbatten, Isle of...

Million Dollar Bash, which is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic 1969 Isle of Wight Festival, is to partner with leading UK charity Playlist of Life as it stages the world’s first dementia-friendly festival in August. The Bash...

Police on the Isle of Wight are continuing their search for 22-year-old Rosie Johnson, who went missing from Wootton earlier this week. Officers are conducting targeted door to door enquiries in the New Road area to speak with local residents,...

The Isle of Wight Council has launched a refreshed connect2work website aimed at encouraging users to choose sustainable travel for the daily commute. The new site is designed to educate, engage, and assist users with improved navigation, searchability and content....

Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield has presented a cheque for £500 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in Yarmouth and seized his opportunity to look round the organisation’s impressive Severn-class lifeboat. The money was raised through sales of Wightlink’s...

WO1 (Conductor) Scott Warrant Officer Class One Neil Scott was 1 of 5 Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) Senior Soldiers to have been granted the position of Conductor, which is enshrined in Queens Regulations and endows those appointed with seniority within...

The Intensive Care Unit (ITU) at St Mary’s Hospital has taken delivery of new equipment that will benefit patients who are critically ill. The ITU team has received equipment that will help to make patients more comfortable when they are...

Isle of Wight holiday let providers are being given a summer season reminder of their commercial waste responsibilities by the local authority. Some smaller businesses, including self-catering accommodation, may not realise they have a legal duty of care to store,...