COVID-19

B&Q in Newport will now be operating to reduced opening hours, with Morrisons supermarket stores in Newport and Lake following suit. With Islanders spending more time at home, B&Q has been busy with homeowners buying equipment for their latest DIY...

Islanders have been expressing outrage at 'Down from London' visitors and holidaymakers who are continuing to descend on the Isle of Wight - but now the Government has made it clear that this shouldn't be happening. Guidance has been issued...

Fast food giant McDonald's has announced that it is to close all of its UK and Ireland restaurants - including 2 here on the Isle of Wight- by the end of tomorrow. Last week the company took the decision to...

Researchers at Oxford University have identified the Isle of Wight as a location where the NHS could come under the most pressure from COVID-19. Sky News has reported on data from the Leverhulme Centre on Demographic Science which shows the...

Islanders who are judged to be the most vulnerable to coronavirus are being told to remove themselves from society and not to leave their home for the next 12 weeks, the Government has announced. Letters will be sent out to around...

Parkdean Resorts has announced the closure of Nodes Point, Landguard, Lower Hyde and Thorness Bay holiday parks to all holiday makers until 1st May. All facilities and all touring/camping provisions have been cancelled with immediate effect. Access to parks will...

Police on the Isle of Wight now have the powers to enforce the Government's closure of pubs, restaurants, gyms and other businesses in an attempt to limit the spread of coronavirus across the country. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England)...

The Island’s MP, Bob Seely, has tabled an amendment to the government’s emergency Coronavirus Bill to ensure the Island can prepare resilience plans better. Bob has asked for a clause to be added to the Bill that allows ferry companies...

Latest figures from Public Health England show that there are no new confirmed cases of coronavirus on the Isle of Wight tonight (Saturday). As of 09:00 on 21st March 2020, 5,018 people have been confirmed as having coronavirus. 233 patients...

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is calling on people to take up jobs on farms to save this year’s harvest. Travel restrictions and illness could leave a shortage of tens of thousands of agricultural workers. The UK Government...