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NURSING staff at St. Mary’s Hospital are spending more time on direct patient care as a result of the introduction of the “Productive” series of improvement programmes. Under the collective banner of “Releasing More Time to Care”, the Trust is...

A week after a new RNLI lifeboat station opened in Cowes the station is taking delivery of a brand new lifeboat. Tabby Cat, the relief Atlantic 85 RIB which has served the Cowes crew so faithfully for the past four years...

ANOTHER proud maritime milestone has been achieved in Cowes, the 'home of world yachting', with the opening of a new replacement lifeboat station for the RNLI. The extensively refurbished old Customs Watch House, replacing a small temporary facility at Shepards Wharf...

AS a result of an extremely high volume of emergency admissions to St. Mary’s Hospital, urgent action has been taken to help the hospital cope with the level of demand on emergency services. All orthopaedic surgery which requires an inpatient...

ISLAND Police have today launched their summer drink-drive reduction campaign.  Last year, across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 692 people were arrested between June 1 and September 1 on suspicion of drink-driving. Of those arrested 561 were charged with...

THE Isle of Wight Council is set to sell St James's Hall, East Cowes again this year for £120,000, it has been revealed. Following the sudden fall-through of a proposed sale in May 2011, the Council received planning permission for...

BENEFIT cheats on the Island have conned almost £400,000 from the Isle of Wight Council during the last financial year, it has been revealed. The Benefit Fraud Team received over 550 tip-offs during 2011-2012, which has resulted in 350 formal...

Three primary schools on the Isle of Wight have been given a national award for the range of arts they offer to students. Lanesend, Newchurch and Barton primary schools have all been handed 'Artsmark Gold' awards, which is a scheme...

The Isle of Wight Council is working with a Newport based soft play venue to offer disabled children private play sessions. They are being provided at the JR Zone under the government's Short Breaks scheme. Short breaks are designed to...

NATIONAL chain Screwfix have launched their first Isle of Wight branch today. The store, which has opened up at 18 Manner’s View on Dodnor Industrial Estate, Newport, welcomed hundreds of residents through their doors after a chain-cutting ceremony at 10:00 this...