COVID-19

Worshippers from churches across the Isle of Wight are among those trialling the new coronavirus app that aims to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Key workers, clergy and congregation members from the Island are downloading the app to their phones,...

Newport Carnival have announced that they have taken the decision to cancel this summers main and illuminated processions.  The carnival committee posted on their Facebook page today (Monday) that with the uncertainty of COVID-19 and not being able to maintain...

Bob Seely MP has welcomed the latest financial package of support from the Government – this time for zoos and aquariums. The £14million fund, announced by the Government last week, will help zoos cover costs relating to animal keeping such...

Despite the ban on public gatherings remaining in place, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has this morning (Monday) said that Islanders can now spend time with family and friends if they socially distance - but not at home. Following last night's...

The Government has confirmed that hairdressers will not be allowed to re-open until JULY at the earliest, meaning the Isle of Wight could soon be thrown back to the 80s (if it ever left!) with the return of whacky hairstyles...

A one-way restriction on Briddlesford Road has come into force this morning (Monday) as the Isle of Wight Council re-open Lynnbottom tip with strict new rules. Motorists can now only travel from the north (Wootton) towards Downend to enable a...

Although 55,000 downloads of the new coronavirus contact tracing app have been achieved since it launched on the Isle of Wight last week, some residents have been unable to make the app work as older phones may not have the...

25 Islanders a day are being tested for coronavirus, on average, after reporting their symptoms through the NHS coronavirus tracing app, which has seen 55,000 downloads to date. The latest figures were revealed yesterday by Dr Geraint Lewis, NHS England’s...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the lockdown restrictions imposed on the Isle of Wight and the rest of the country will start to be eased from tomorrow (Monday), but shops and schools won't re-open before June. In a...

The total number of COVID-19 deaths at St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight has increased to 30 people, it has been announced. According to NHS England, the latest victim of the deadly virus passed away at the hospital...