COVID-19

The Earl and Countess of Wessex have praised the work of the West Wight Coronavirus Support Hub this week. The hub helps those living in the rural West Wight with things like shopping, phone calls, hot meals and prescriptions. In...

Small to Medium-sized (SME) manufacturers on the Isle of Wight are being urged to take their share of a £6.5million funding boost to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and address key barriers to growth. The Manufacturing Growth Programme,...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has written to cross-Solent ferry operator Wightlink asking for all of its services to resume at the earliest opportunity. In a letter to Wightlink’s Chief Executive, Keith Greenfield, Bob said he was keen to...

Travellers on the Cowes Floating Bridge will soon be able to pay staff using contactless bank cards. With cash payments no longer accepted due to coronavirus, and the increasing use of the popular Saver Cards, the Isle of Wight Council...

The roads minister Baroness Vere has today (Monday) announced that mandatory MOT testing is to be reintroduced from 1 August 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions are slowly lifted. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, drivers were granted a 6-month exemption from MOT testing...

Red Funnel's hi-speed Red Jet service between West Cowes and Southampton has resumed today (Monday). The Red Jet service has been suspended for an unprecedented 72 days following a reduction in demand and the need to maintain resilience within the...

Visitors will be welcomed back to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway from Sunday 12th July 2020, it has been announced. After one of the longest breaks to the operating timetable in almost 50 years, the railway's much-loved steam locomotives...

Isle of Wight residents have been thanked by the Government for their vital contribution during the recent trial of the NHS COVID-19 app. In a recently released video, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock praises residents for taking part...

A new tourism industry standard and consumer mark, designed to give consumer confidence to visitors and residents, has been welcomed by Wightlink as it is granted its own certificate. The ‘We’re Good to Go’ mark has been launched by VisitBritain...

Wessex Cancer Trust's Rainbow Run - Bubble Fun event, which was due to take place at Sandown Airport on Sunday 26th July, has been cancelled due to COVID-19. If you had already booked for 2020 and are happy to carry...