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Islanders are being reminded that they should only consider visiting the tip if it is genuinely essential after one resident turned up with a single broken coat hanger and a faulty charger. Workers at the Lynnbottom Household Waste and Recycling Centre...

Members of the public are being encouraged to contribute to a new study on the marine mammals, such as whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals, which frequent the waters surrounding the Isle of Wight. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth are...

Arrests have been made after 2 cannabis cultivations were discovered by Police on the Isle of Wight yesterday (Wednesday). 2 men - 1 from Niton and 1 from Rookley - have been arrested on suspicion of cultivating a class B...

The team at Visit Isle of Wight are at the forefront of developing a new nationwide Tourism Standards scheme with Visit England that will be launched soon to help kickstart the UK’s tourism industry. Working in collaboration with Visit England,...

Isle of Wight Council committee meetings will be run live online using Microsoft Teams from June, it has been announced. Some elements of the normal democratic processes were temporarily suspended so that the council could develop a response to the...

In line with the latest government guidelines, Red Funnel is urging the public to heed the government’s advice and refrain from using public transport as much as possible - this includes using the company’s ferry service between Southampton and East...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has welcomed the early opening of the Government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme. The scheme opened this morning - weeks ahead of schedule – and enables self-employed individuals, or members of partnerships whose business have been adversely...

Grieving families and friends will be able to say their final goodbyes to their loved ones online as coronavirus social distancing is maintained within the crematorium. Private online streaming of funeral services is now possible thanks to a newly installed...

Bob Seely MP has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, how the extension to the furlough scheme will help the Isle of Wight’s devastated visitor and festival economy. The Chancellor announced in a parliamentary statement yesterday afternoon that...

Premier Inn say that an opening date for their new seaside hotel in Sandown has not yet been set, despite a notice on their own website stating the hotel will open in October. For the past few weeks, visitors to...