Latest News

The research team at St Mary’s Hospital is supporting the delivery of the world’s largest trial into treatments for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. The randomised control trial, known as RECOVERY, aims to compare usual care to several different treatments, including...

Legal action on the Floating Bridge has been delayed — due to COVID-19. In an update about the troubled vessel at Tuesday's corporate scrutiny committee, Isle of Wight Council leader Dave Stewart said a new date for the case has...

Isle of Wight residents will pay £7 more for the fire service precept this year, on top of the 7.1% Police precept increase and the 5% Isle of Wight Council increase. Previously, the amount residents pay towards the fire authority...

Emergency gas works at Yarbridge Cross are progressing well, meaning 3 of the 4 approaches will be re-opened this evening (Wednesday).  Docklands Traffic Management (DTM) tweeted to say that from approximately 19:30 Yarbridge Cross will be open to traffic under...

Locals residents are asking for a planning application to be refused so an Isle of Wight village can get its ‘heart’ back — although the local shop has been closed for the past 11 years. An application has been submitted...

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a teenage girl was grabbed on the arm by a stranger in Ryde yesterday (Tuesday). The incident took place at around 21:00 at the bus stop for Tesco Extra Ryde, at Westridge....

Wessex Cancer Alliance is urging people to go to their GP if they have any concerns about their health which may be signs of cancer. We all know that the current coronavirus pandemic has been destructive beyond measure, to human...

Planning permission is being sought after a barn situated between Chale and Blackgang was rebuilt and turned into a motorcycle group’s clubhouse without consent. The retrospective application has been submitted by Mr and Mrs Colson after Isle of Wight Council...

Island Roads' fleet of gritters will hit the Island's roads network from 15:00 this afternoon (Wednesday).  Gritters will be deployed to treat the wet spots on the precautionary routes commencing at 15:00. A second treatment of known wet spots on...

A white-tailed eagle has returned to the Isle of Wight after a staggering 3,047-mile journey as far north as the Yorkshire Moors. G3-93 was released into the wild at Bouldnor in the Summer of 2019 and has spent the past...