Local Community News

The Island's UKIP candidate, Iain McKie, has announced that he will make plans for the establishment of cottage hospitals on the Island an election pledge.  He said that following consultation with health professionals at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport -...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is asking for the public’s views on how the organisation plans to deliver healthcare in future. The ‘Clinical Strategy’ describes how the Trust aims to deliver patient care in a radically different way by...

Island students are being given help through university and into careers thanks to two initiatives being run as part of the Highways PFI project. Two university bursaries and two specialist scholarships are being offered as part of the PFI’s commitment...

A summer event on Wightlink’s flagship St Clare, which featured marine engineers and ship scientists carrying out ‘hands-on’ experiments to entertain and educate thousands of Islanders and holidaymakers, has been judged the runner-up of a national contest to link researchers...

As the Chamber of Shipping embarks on a campaign this week urging the government to review the timing of the impending sulphur regulations, Red Funnel can confirm that it is already compliant with the new regulations which come into force...

Simon Richards of Vectis Mediation recently spent time briefing Andrew Turner about the growth of mediation services, and how they are increasingly being used as an alternative to litigation, both nationally and locally. Mr Richards contacted the Island’s MP as...

The Isle of Wight Council is warning residents who unlawfully claim benefits they are not entitled to, that it will take legal action if necessary. It follows a recent court case where an Island resident unlawfully claimed housing benefit they...

The Isle of Wight Council's library service has launched an online tool to help people preparing to take a citizenship test. Anyone who moves to the UK and wants to become a citizen must pass the 'Life in the UK'...

A moth, previously thought to be extinct, has been found on the Isle of Wight by two conservationists after more than 60 years. Ian and Cath Fletcher spotted the species, the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk moth, on a stalk of grass...

There's been much media coverage recently about the 'Gameover Zeus' virus. GameOver Zeus is typically spread by downloads, where cybercriminals create a website that downloads malware onto any unprotected computer that visits that site. It is also distributed through 'phishing' emails, which...