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Ryde Carnival organisers have announced that they have cancelled this year's carnival celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning the event won't be taking place for the second year running. The team behind the Island's oldest carnival have tonight (Thursday)...

It's been confirmed that popular online food ordering platform Deliveroo is set to start operating its delivery services on the Isle of Wight. The company announced the news earlier this week, with adverts appearing on various social media channels in...

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on election candidates from all major parties to help small businesses and the self-employed get on the right footing for recovery. Ahead of the tranche of local elections being held across Hampshire...

Southern Water is marking World Earth Day by announcing its move to a new 100% renewable energy tariff provided by SSE Business Energy, as part of its commitment to being Net Zero by 2030. Treating and pumping water and wastewater...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has been confirmed as an accredited Living Hours Employer; underlining its commitment to providing its Isle of Wight workers with secure, guaranteed working hours. The Living Hours programme requires employers to both pay a...

A 23-year-old woman from Sandown has not let redundancy get in her way and has already hit a milestone in her new project, just one month after losing her job. Lucy Johnson, the owner of Isle Book-keep, has already seen...

Organisers of Rhythmtree Festival have confirmed this afternoon (Thursday) that this year's event will not be taking place. The announcement comes amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in 2020's event being cancelled also. Those behind the event say that...

Residents in parts of the East Wight are without internet services following an infrastructure fault in the local system this morning (Thursday). Subscribers with several major providers, including TalkTalk and Utility Warehouse have been experiencing issues connecting to the internet...

Restart Grant funding has started landing in the bank accounts of many eligible businesses across the Isle of Wight as part of the Government's support to get businesses back to work. The first payments were made to more than 600...

Permission to continue using a site in East Cowes for oil distribution is being sought despite it already being occupied for over 4 months. Certas Energy submitted the application for a temporary period of a year to ‘continue using’ the...