COVID-19

The Leader of the Isle of Wight is asking everyone to do their part to keep the Island safe this Christmas, reminding Islanders that they should not travel to Portsmouth and those living in Tier 4 areas such as Pompey...

Another 2 GP-led vaccination centres on the Isle of Wight will start vaccinating patients over the next couple days, as the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history continues. The Westridge Centre in Ryde and The Bay...

Wightlink, Red Funnel and Hovertravel look set to reduce the services they provide as stricter COVID restrictions come into force. The Isle of Wight Transport Infrastructure Board has issued a joint statement with the Isle of Wight Council this afternoon...

A member of staff at HTP's Old Grammar School campus in Newport has tested positive for COVID-19, the management team has announced. 9 months into the pandemic, this is the first positive case within the HTP community. The infected staff...

Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is working in partnership with Education Development Trust to provide additional support for 16 to 18-year-olds who have not been able to progress into employment, apprenticeship, further or higher education since leaving school or college...

Wightlink is urging its customers to follow the Government rules, reinforcing that Tier 4 residents should not be travelling to the Isle of Wight. As previously reported by Island Echo, a Tier 4 ‘stay at home’ lockdown now applies in...

The finances of some of the Isle of Wight’s harbours have been drastically hit by COVID-19, it has been revealed. With fewer visitors, the loss of berthing income and lockdown to contend with, harbours controlled by the Isle of Wight...

Hampshire Constabulary has said that Police officers will not be preventing people from travelling from the mainland to the Isle of Wight, but that the force is working with ferry operators and partner agencies to ensure that the public is...

Parents of children at Haylands Primary School in Ryde have been informed of a single confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school community. Just days before Christmas, pupils in Year 2 have been instructed to self-isolate for a period of...

The COVID pandemic has caused diagnostic scanning on the Isle of Wight to fall behind  — with fewer scans taking place and more people being added to the waiting list. An investigation conducted by the BBC’s Shared Data Unit has...