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Parking charges are set to be re-introduced across the Isle of Wight next week, as more people return to work and shops prepare to reopen. From Monday 8th June, on duty key workers will be the only people who can...

An application to add an over-18s gambling centre at Peter Pan's Amusement Arcade in Ryde has been granted — despite fears it may impact a ‘deprived’ area. In the first virtual meeting of the Isle of Wight Council, the Licensing...

New traffic arrangements will come into force from Monday (8th June) for the next phase of the major improvement works to St Mary’s junction in Newport. Work to Parkhurst Road, north of St Mary’s roundabout at the hospital frontage, is...

Freshwater Independent Lifeboat has submitted a planning application to extend its slipway to help speed up launch times. The independent lifeboat station has asked the Isle of Wight Council for permission to extend its slipway at Freshwater Bay. Due to...

Local MP Bob Seely has welcomed further details on the Government’s extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the inclusion of some of the changes which he had pushed for. Last month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the extension...

All GP practices across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight now have the ability to have video appointments with patients, after a programme to introduce the technology was accelerated in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As part of the...

2 community-led renewable energy schemes on the Isle of Wight have received a total of £73,000 in feasibility funding from the Rural Community Energy Fund. Wight Community Energy will use the grants to test the viability of developing a solar...

This year 4 groups of Island volunteers have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service; this is the highest award that a voluntary group can receive in the UK, and is the equivalent of an individual being awarded...

The Island’s biggest summer show, the annual Isle of Wight Garlic Festival, has been cancelled for 2020. The pungent event, now in its 37th year will next take place in 2021, on the 21st and 22nd of August, organisers have...

With fears of a second wave of coronavirus in the country, and the government trying to reduce the reproduction (R) number, research suggests the Island’s R is well below 1. If the R number, the number of how many new...