COVID-19

Local charity Age UK Isle of Wight has created an Island-wide survey to help find out more about the wider impact coronavirus has had on local residents. By completing the survey, Islanders will be supporting Age UK Isle of Wight...

This year's Isle of Wight Festival has been pushed back to the later date of 16-19th September 2021, it has been announced. Organisers have been looking at all the options for staging the festival in 2021, which has included postponing...

'The Isle of Wight must work together to get the Island Deal' - that's the message from County Hall following the enormous impact of coronavirus on the Island. In a motion submitted to the Isle of Wight full council by...

Walk the Wight will take place in September this year, it has been announced today (Monday). Usually, the annual event is held in May but the coronavirus pandemic has led to Mountbatten taking the decision to push the 2021 date...

Southern Vectis has announced that some of its services will be increasing from next Monday to reflect the Government's latest announcements. From Monday 8th March, Route 5 will revert to every 20 minutes during the day between Monday and Friday,...

A group of volunteers who spent their Saturday afternoon giving Ventnor Football Club a spruce up have been fined £100 each after they claim a disgruntled dog walker reported them to the authorities. With no Saturday action on the pitch,...

Over half a million businesses who deferred VAT payments last year can now join the new online VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme to pay it in smaller monthly instalments, HMRC has announced. In order to take advantage of the new...

Sainsbury’s and Argos stores across the Ise of Wight have teamed up with local schools to donate tablets for children educating at home during the coronavirus lockdown. All 5 of the Isle of Wight's Sainsburys stores located in Newport, West...

A community swimming pool in Ryde has secured vital funding to help it face the challenges of coronavirus.  The charity-run Waterside Pool will benefit from an £82,000 cash windfall from the National Leisure Centre Recovery Fund, launched by Sport England...

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has progressed well across the Isle of Wight, but new figures show that the West Wight is doing particularly well and is considered the top area in the country for vaccinating all residents. Statistics...