In the 2024 General Election, Bob Seely’s 23,772 majority evaporated, instead he lost by 3,177 votes in the new IW West seat to Labour, a party that had never held a seat on the Isle of Wight previously
Last week OnTheWight interviewed Dave Stewart about the potential for the Isle of Wight being first UK area to have large-scale Coronavirus Test and Trace. Last night The Telegraph claimed they’d seen an NHS document confirming it.
Not everyone has reacted positively to the Isle of Wight Conservatives' pitch for the Island to be a ‘potential pilot for testing a community’ for Coronavirus. A petition has been launched
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has welcomed the news, saying "We need to keep as many incomes ticking over as possible and support businesses to keep going through this very difficult period"
Thanks to ingenuity of their engineers in Ryde and the design expertise of their sister company, Griffon in Southampton, Hovertravel can now help deliver patients Southsea and Southampton
Military planners have been involved in identifying sites for any further significant increase in additional beds, but in the meantime IW NHS have been working hard ramping up at St Mary's Hospital