St George’s Way
Businesses across the Isle of Wight are celebrating being able to open their...
THE BIG RE-OPENING: ISLAND BUSINESSES BOUNCE BACK AS PART OF ‘IRREVERSIBLE’ ROADMAP
WIGHT KARTING POISED FOR SUCCESS WITH RE-OPENING REFURB
Ryde-based Wight Karting has used the lockdown closure to their advantage...
CARNIVAL CANCELLATIONS AS SUMMER PROCESSIONS SCRAPPED
Several popular town carnivals won’t go ahead this summer following...
COVID-19
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Latest Coronavirus Data for the Isle of Wight
If you wish to see the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, deaths, hospital admissions and more for the Isle of Wight, you can do so on the official Government website. Statistics are normally updated at around, or after, 16:00 each day.
WaterSafe is advising owners, landlords and managers of buildings on the Isle of Wight which have been empty or under-occupied during lockdown to risk assess...
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has joined forces with a group of MPs calling on the Government for more support for festivals. During a parliamentary debate on...
Mountbatten Community Choir has released a song to mark 1 year since the UK went into lockdown on 23rd March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Citizens Advice IW has helped more than 5,700 people since the start of the pandemic a year ago. The charity, which quickly adapted to help more people via the...
Self Assessment taxpayers have just over a week to pay any outstanding tax liabilities in full or set up an online payment plan for the 2019/20 financial year...
Mountbatten are holding a Day of Reflection tomorrow (Tuesday) on the anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown to remember all those who have died and to...
An Island charity which has used council grants to support children and families struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic is urging others to follow their...
75,000 Islanders have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a staggering 62% of the Island’s 16+ population. Data released by NHS...
A third wave of COVID-19 could hit the Isle of Wight this summer, we are being warned. In a meeting of the Isle of Wight Council’s health and wellbeing board...
Since Pan Together’s trustees took the swift decision to close Downside Community Centre and the Isobel Café on 17th March 2020, in the wake of the...
The Royal Isle of Wight County Show has, for the second year running, been cancelled due to uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic. The annual summer...
Residents of Inglefield Nursing & Residential Home in the West Wight have been so inspired by the huge efforts that local communities have made to keep...
Islanders aged 50 and above who have not yet had a COVID-19 vaccine are being told to book an appointment straight away, as the vaccination programme...
Wightlink has announced that it will be changing its car ferry timetables from Monday 29th March 2021 in anticipation of increased demand for travel in April...
The Isle of Wight’s mental health inpatient unit at St Mary’s Hospital is under greater pressure than ‘it has seen in years’, as COVID starts to catch-up...
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has stepped up his calls for Government assistance to protect local pharmacies from closure. Despite the significant role pharmacies...
