COVID-19

A number of vaccination appointments are currently available for residents who are eligible at the Riverside Vaccination Centre in Newport, including those who are 45 years and over. Take-up of the vaccine has been exceptionally strong; 5 out of 6...

Ryde Carnival organisers have announced that they have cancelled this year's carnival celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning the event won't be taking place for the second year running. The team behind the Island's oldest carnival have tonight (Thursday)...

Organisers of Rhythmtree Festival have confirmed this afternoon (Thursday) that this year's event will not be taking place. The announcement comes amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in 2020's event being cancelled also. Those behind the event say that...

Restart Grant funding has started landing in the bank accounts of many eligible businesses across the Isle of Wight as part of the Government's support to get businesses back to work. The first payments were made to more than 600...

Islanders have been praised for supporting local business by sticking to the guidelines during the first week of restrictions being eased. From last Monday residents could visit more shops, use personal services like hairdressers and have food and drink served...

Charity Age UK Isle of Wight has launched a new range of free virtual activities for elderly people living on the Island in a bid to boost wellbeing and offer new social opportunities. The charity hopes to support people to...

Local co-operative stores are joining in a national campaign which asks people across the Isle of Wight to ShopKind. Southern Co-op, which operates The Co-operative Food stores, as well as funeral and coffee services across the South, is working with...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is reminding Islanders that visiting restrictions remain in place for all NHS services, despite the national lockdown rules easing and both cases and deaths plummeting in recent weeks. In November 2020, when England entered...

Unable to operate tours since the beginning of the most recent lockdown, and after a year of turmoil due to Government restrictions, an Isle of Wight tour operator has revealed some of the challenges it has faced during the pandemic....

Health bosses on the Isle of Wight have been reflecting on the challenging year they have faced through the COVID-19 pandemic. Kathryn Taylor, head of nursing and part of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service, can still vividly remember standing...