COVID-19

This year's Ventnor Boxing Day Swim has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers have announced. 2020 was meant to mark the 40th anniversary of the traditional Christmas event, but COVID-19 fears have led to its cancellation. Each year...

At the beginning of the pandemic, Martin Swan, an acclaimed Island artist and also an Out of hours GP driver at St Mary’s Hospital, began to draw portraits of the colleagues he works alongside in the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC)....

It was not just young people who broke COVID lockdown rules, say public officials. At a meeting of the Isle of Wight’s Community Safety Partnership (CSP), public bodies who work together to tackle, prevent and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour,...

Public health bosses are hopeful the Isle of Wight will remain in Tier 1 but have warned again about being complacent when the vaccine does arrive. With a review of the tier system in England taking place next week, the...

Solent Transport and all the partners involved in a first-of-its-kind drone project have been commended in the Transport and Logistics category at this year’s Health Business Awards. The trial, which began in April, used an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), popularly...

If you are instructed or advised to self-isolate as a result of a COVID-19 contact you will only have to isolate for 10 days from Monday, the Government has announced. After reviewing the latest evidence, the UK's Chief Medical Officers...

COVID cases are ‘likely to rise’ after Christmas as people are allowed to mix with different household, the Isle of Wight’s public health director has warned. Speaking at a meeting of the Isle of Wight Council’s local outbreak engagement board,...

Book clubs, walking groups and other community projects will soon be able to apply for a share of a £4million fund designed to help reduce loneliness, says Island MP Bob Seely. The Local Connections Fund – made up of £2million...

More than 340 Island businesses severely impacted by the recent month-long lockdown have been awarded £940,000 in discretionary grants by the Isle of Wight Council. The Island was the first area in the Solent region to get the Additional Restrictions...

Local contact tracers are now in action on the Isle of Wight — after an initial delay when it was thought there was less need for them. Confirmed by the Isle of Wight Council, local contact tracers have now been...