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The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight has increased to 36, Public Health England figures reveal. In the past 48 hours, the ever-growing figure has gone up by just 4, from 32 to 36. There...

30-year-old Riko Baber has today (Tuesday) been jailed for 6 months after coughing at 4 Police officers and telling them he would infect them with COVID-19. Police responded to a disturbance at an address in Manor Crescent, Newport at just after...

5 people have now sadly died from coronavirus on the Isle of Wight, it has been announced. The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has confirmed that a man in his 60s, who had underlying health conditions, died at St Mary's...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has issued a statement following tonight’s news (Monday) that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to Intensive Care. Boris went into hospital last night as a precautionary measure after fighting coronavirus for the...

Firefighters have rushed to Wootton this evening (Monday) following reports of a property fire, but it has transpired that the alert has been sparked by a bonfire. Crews from Newport and Ryde were mobilised to New Road, close to PGL...

32-year-old Rhys Patrick Davies, of no fixed abode, has been charged with Grievous Bodily Harm after a 35-year-old was left with a fractured skull following an assault in Sandown on Thursday. Davies has been questioned by officers over the weekend...

32 - that is the official number of confirmed coronavirus cases on the Isle of Wight, according to Public Health England figures released this afternoon (Sunday). A total of 7 cases have been confirmed since yesterday with one of the youngest...

Firefighters have rushed to a block of flats in Ryde this afternoon (Sunday) - but the incident has quickly been scaled back.  3 appliances - 2 from Ryde and 1 from Newport - were mobilised to Union Road at just...

The British Army have begun transforming 3 buildings into new wards at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport to create an additional 200 beds. A detachment of 40 men and women from the Scots Guards arrived on the Island on Saturday...

A 31-year-old man from Shanklin has been arrested after a number of Police officers were assaulted during an incident in Ryde yesterday evening (Saturday). Officers responded to School Street, Oakfield at just before 18:00 following reports of a disturbance at...