AN UNATTENDED bonfire was reported to the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service tonight (Sunday). Crews from Newport and Ryde headed to the scene near Ashey Road and Leighwood Close — although Newport turned back en-route as they weren't needed.
MORE cases of coronavirus have been recorded for the Isle of Wight, according to the daily figures released by Public Health England. An increase of four cases takes the cumulative total to 533, since the pandemic began. The Isle of Wight had
A MAN who lost his cool after being stopped and searched by police said it was an "absolute joke" he had to appear in court for swearing at police officers. Dylan Mark Kemp, 25, care of an address in Ward Close, Carisbrooke, admitted using threatening
This luxurious ground floor apartment is set in stunning countryside just a few minutes’ drive from Newport, within the ample grounds of Whitecroft Park. This is the setting for a truly unique collection of homes, ranging from renovated late Victorian
CHILDREN got creative with cardboard at Lanesend Primary School. The Cowes school held its annual Cardboard Challenge Day, around the magical theme A Whole New World. There was a school-wide competition for the children to come up with their
My beautiful fundraising assistant Cassie passed away in 2014 and in her memory I launched Cassie’s Care 4Pets (CC4P) Veterinary Fund to help elderly owners and those in financial difficulties to pay their Vets bills. I work with the charity Friends
TUCKED away in the wilds of Newtown there is a street called Gold Street, but don’t go looking for it on your satnav. It will deny all knowledge of any such place, but Gold Street is there all the same. It’s just round the corner from the High
CHARITIES were the real winner at the sixth annual Hilary Witcomb Day cricket match between the Full Tossers and a select Northwood Cricket Club side. The match, at Northwood Cricket Club, was won by the Northwood select side this year. The
FAMILY tragedy led a supporter of the Gurnard Tigers to make a £500 donation to the youth football team. In turn, the team is using its new kit to make people more aware of the work of the NHS and mental health awareness in young males, after benefactor
IT’S still possible to box clever — you have not left it too late. Barbara Spencer, who has been unable to trim her hedge through a broken wrist, asked me the other day if it is too late to prune her Buxus, better known as box. It’s fine, Barbara
October’s IW NHS Trust board meeting revealed around 400 Islanders awaiting surgery have been offered the opportunity to be treated on the mainland but only a few patients have chosen to take up the offer. Read more: Islanders turning down private
A SHALFLEET man who flouted a restraining order by bombarding his ex-girlfriend with abusive and sexually explicit texts and emails, faces the prospect of going behind bars again. Island magistrates remanded David Taylor, 31, in custody to appear
THE Isle of Wight has had 529 cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began — and 89 deaths — but how many patients have occupied beds at St Mary's Hospital? The County Press has been looking at the Covid-19 NHS Situation data which reveals just
