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Sites across the South East have been successful in securing £1,534,000 of funding for a new maternal health service, including Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System. Care provided by specialist perinatal mental health services will be available from preconception...

Wightlink is urging its customers to follow the Government rules, reinforcing that Tier 4 residents should not be travelling to the Isle of Wight. As previously reported by Island Echo, a Tier 4 ‘stay at home’ lockdown now applies in...

Police on the Isle of Wight have been continuing their efforts to target the supply of Class A and Class B drugs being distributed through the postal service. Officers from Ryde's Neighbourhood Policing Team were joined by Police Dog Sam...

The finances of some of the Isle of Wight’s harbours have been drastically hit by COVID-19, it has been revealed. With fewer visitors, the loss of berthing income and lockdown to contend with, harbours controlled by the Isle of Wight...

Hampshire Constabulary has said that Police officers will not be preventing people from travelling from the mainland to the Isle of Wight, but that the force is working with ferry operators and partner agencies to ensure that the public is...

Residents have finally begun moving into the new £18million Ryde Village development but others are facing further delays due to a major issue with the site's planning permission, with solicitors warning against completing on purchases. The 9,000 sqm Ryde Village...

The COVID pandemic has caused diagnostic scanning on the Isle of Wight to fall behind  — with fewer scans taking place and more people being added to the waiting list. An investigation conducted by the BBC’s Shared Data Unit has...

Concerns about child abuse have soared since national lockdown measures were first introduced, the NSPCC has found – with the average monthly number of referrals from the charity’s helpline on the issue increasing by 81% in the South East. The...

State-of-the-art technology is bringing a new edge to the search and rescue work of HM Coastguard. Old copper-based cables are being replaced with fibre-based technology across 165 remote radio sites across the United Kingdom, which is understood to include St...

Supermarket vouchers, winter clothing and funding for utility bills are among the support now being offered to vulnerable families through the government’s COVID Winter Grant Scheme (CWGS), with the Isle of Wight Council receiving over £450,000 to support local residents....