Confusion over the number of cases of coronavirus on the Isle of Wight has puzzled residents since yesterday, when local NHS bosses confirmed a rise in positive test. Chief executive of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, Maggie Oldham, said...

Parent of children at a West Wight school have been given only 2 days notice to decide which school to send their child to — despite being told they would have until June. In a letter sent to parents of...

The National Education Union (NEU) has called for education staff to be tested for coronavirus as they head into schools to teach ‘vulnerable’ and key worker’s children across the Island and country. Schools shut from Friday in a bid to...

The former Sandown Town Hall could face major regeneration from the Isle of Wight Council as it submits plans to transform a listed building into 11 residential units. The Isle of Wight Council’s regeneration team has put forward a planning...

A winery could be joining the Isle of Wight Distillery at the Wishing Well site at Pondwell. Vines have already been planted by Rosemary Vineyard and have started producing grapes. Now a planning application has been submitted, asking the Isle...

A controversial application to expand Lake public toilets has been withdrawn following public concerns and a councillor’s resignation. An extension had been proposed to the toilets on New Road, Lake - at the bottom of Lake Hill - to add...

All non-urgent elective operations will be cancelled for 3 months at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust in light of the intense pressure put on the health service from coronavirus. Instructions from top NHS bosses, Sir Simon Stevens and Amanda...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has reassured residents plans are in place to respond to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, but the Trust believes the ‘majority’ of cases will only be ‘mild’. Currently, only 1 positive...

The site of a former hotel in Sandown, demolished in 2014, could become 10 houses if planning permission is granted. Planning permission had previously been granted for the Belgrave Hotel to be demolished in 2014 and 6 houses built on...

A fort in the middle of the Solent, which was put up for sale earlier this year,  could become one big house. No Man’s Land Fort — 1 of 3 in the Solent — was a 4-star hotel, developed by...