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The councillor in charge of education on the Isle of Wight Council has rebutted claims only 400 laptops have been given out to Island children. Councillor Julie Jones Evans told a council scrutiny meeting she was concerned the number was...

Planning permission is being sought to transform a former village shop into 3 houses, potentially putting an end to any hopes of the store ever re-opening. Chale Green Stores in the South Wight could soon become housing if the Isle...

A queue of more than 70 cars formed outside a COVID-19 testing centre on the Isle of Wight on Monday morning, prompting the Isle of Wight Council to issue a reminder to Islanders. Around half-an-hour before the Medina testing site...

Islanders are growing increasingly concerned that important letters inviting them for a COVID-19 vaccination are not being received as Royal Mail struggle with postal deliveries. With the number of coronavirus cases on the rise, Royal Mail is struggling to keep...

The Isle of Wight Council is appealing to parents and carers to consider their childcare arrangements during the national lockdown. Islanders are being asked to consider carefully if they should be sending their children to school and whether it is...

17 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died on the Isle of Wight so far this month, with further deaths expected as the pandemic reaches a critical point. Latest figures show that 3 more Islanders have sadly died at...

Island businesses eligible for government grant support under the latest national lockdown can now apply via the council’s website. The application forms and details of the grant help can be accessed via www.iow.gov.uk/covid19_businessadvice. Under the national lockdown, there are rolling...

The NHS on the Isle of Wight has started to vaccinate people with the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine, with the first Islander to receive the jab being 86-year-old Dot Cotton. The first delivery of the second vaccine to be approved by...

In a bid to help UK music festivals – such as the Isle of Wight Festival – restart when the time is right, Island MP Bob Seely has asked the Government to support festival organisers with a Government-backed insurance scheme...

Work on a major residential development on the outskirts of Ryde is on the cusp of getting underway following the submission of a reserved matters application to the Isle of Wight Council, but there has been a dramatic change in...