Local Community News

A special collection service has been arranged for this week for Island residents wishing to dispose of sandbags used during the winter flooding. Contractor Wight Reclamation is undertaking the collections for the council and is donating any reusable sand to...

Following a review of weekend activity at St Mary's Hospital – during which a handful of new cases of the Norovirus bug continued to appear at the hospital - the current visitor restrictions to the hospital will continue, the Isle...

Improvements to patient safety at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust have led to the organisation’s risk rating being lowered by the independent health regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC uses six risk ratings for hospitals, with a...

Three additional forms of discretionary business rate relief are being made available to help Island businesses. The Isle of Wight Council’s Executive is being asked to approve a policy for ALL qualifying premises to be awarded the new reliefs, which...

A duo of Thompsons is making waves on the Isle of Wight today (Monday) as the new business partnership behind The George Hotel. Yarmouth resident and Group Chief Executive of Camelot, Dianne Thompson CBE, has assumed ownership of the seaside...

Navitus Bay Development Ltd, the company behind plans for an offshore windfarm off of The Needles, has today (Monday) officially entered into ‘memoranda of understanding’ with Yarmouth and two other mainland ports, Poole and Portland. These formal agreements commit the...

For the second year running Landguard Manor are offering the prize of a wedding for 50 guests for those couples attending The Isle of Wight Wedding Venue and Photographer Fayre at Quay Arts, Newport on Sunday 6th April. All wedding...

UPDATED: The discovery of a small hole has forced the suspension of the Cowes Floating Bridge today (Sunday), a week ahead of planned maintenance and an inspection by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. At around 10:30 this morning the chain...

Island residents with long term health conditions are being encouraged to assist a new Wessex-based research organisation which aims to ensure research on their behalf is meaningful and useful. The Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC),...

Police are appealing for information following a burglary at an amusement arcade on Ventnor Esplanade. Someone forced entry into Gaiety Amusements on the seafront before proceeding to destroy all the arcade machines in the building in an attempt to get...