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A lack of care staff across the Isle of Wight is directly resulting in bed blocking at St Mary's Hospital, which is in turn leading to significant delays in finding beds for newly admitted patients. The Isle of Wight NHS...

Fire crews from Newport and East Cowes participated in a training exercise earlier this week, with the scenario seeing them respond to an incident at Briddlesford Lodge Farm in Wootton, where a roleplaying motorcyclist had become impaled onto a tractor....

Work to replace traffic lights around Coppins Bridge has been pushed back to next year after complaints over a lack of consultation and fears it would disrupt the Christmas retail period in Newport. The scheme was set to start on...

Isle Book-keep, from Sandown, has beaten off stiff competition to become a finalist in the category ‘Purpose before profit’ in the Lloyds Bank Business Excellence Awards 2021. The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards (BBEA) celebrates and showcases the resilience,...

The Government has confirmed a £5.8million funding boost for the Isle of Wight as part of their 'levelling up' plan for the country, with the money set to be spent on improving East Cowes. Bob Seely MP has thanked the...

Wightlink is pledging to further reduce its carbon emissions significantly over the next decade, announcing that they have started the process of commissioning a new ferry that will be 100% electric. The ferry company already operates England’s first hybrid energy...

Southern Housing Group has teamed up with leading online course provider New Skills Academy to offer accredited online courses to its residents looking to gain new skills and qualifications. Through the new partnership, residents of the G15 housing association will...

Graham Horn / CC BY-SA 2.0 It was once used to defend the country from invasion, but Horse Sand Fort on the Solent has now been sold for more than £700,000 and is expected to be redeveloped for leisure use....

A historic covenant, that it was hoped would save an Isle of Wight primary school threatened with closure, may not be the answer campaigners are hoping for, the Isle of Wight Council has said. The authority’s leading cabinet members have...

An independent review and legal mediation will determine the next step in the long battle to sort out the Isle of Wight’s troubled Floating Bridge 6. It's been confirmed that after the review and mediation a report will go before...