You've heard of drive-in cinemas but add a festive twist and you get drive-in Christmas carols — which is in the works for one supermarket car park on the Island. Grace Church and St James’s Church, both in Ryde, are...

Islanders will start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from next week, with those over the age of 80 in the Central and West Wight areas the first in line for the jab. It's been confirmed that the first doses of the...

A £2.4million scheme, which includes delivery of affordable housing in the centre of the Island, has been recommended for approval by the Isle of Wight Council. With funding provided via the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership, from the government’s ‘Getting Building’...

Children’s safeguarding teams on the Isle of Wight are ‘busier than ever’ dealing with the effect COVID lockdowns have had on families. The Isle of Wight Council’s children’s services team is seeing roughly 10-15% more work coming to them, compared...

1 in 4 children on the Isle of Wight do not feel safe at school — with the council saying more can always be done to help stop bullying. In a children and young people’s health and wellbeing survey conducted...

A decision to allow 7 homes to be built on a greenfield site in Apse Heath has been called in by the Isle of Wight’s planning committee. Following 36 letters of objections, including from CPRE IW, the local parish council...

Tests which pick up COVID-19 cases without the person showing symptoms will be coming to the Isle of Wight. The lateral flow antigen tests can be used for asymptomatic testing, which can better pick up people with COVID-19 and stem...

The Isle of Wight will not have one of the first COVID vaccination hubs in the country — meaning Islanders may have to wait a bit longer for the groundbreaking vaccine. Despite Bob Seely MP believing the Island would be...

A road on the outskirts of Ryde where a driver brought down a telegraph pole, among other incidents, is not regarded as dangerous by Island Roads. One family in Carters Road, between Upton Cross and the Smallbrook roundabout, have been...

Isle of Wight council tax bills look set to rise by up to nearly 4% again next year - the eighth year in a row council tax will rise on the Island. Launching its public budget consultation, the Isle of...