A male and female walker got trapped in mud up to their waists yesterday, having to be rescued by the Fire Service. Here's some details and advice on how to avoid having the same fate.
Thanks to a grant from the Royal Society’s Local Heroes scheme, Dinosaur Isle is to celebrate Britain's ‘greatest dinosaur hunter’, the Reverend William Fox.
Fraudsters who deliberately targeted elderly and vulnerable residents across the Isle of Wight with loft insulation spray they didn’t need, have been convicted.
The new regeneration programme identifies 11 significant regeneration sites in Newport, Ryde and The Bay, where it’s believed projects are the most deliverable and will have the greatest positive impact on the Island’s financial challenges.
If everyone on the Isle of Wight recycled two toilet roll tubes over the Christmas week, it would save enough energy to power the St Mary’s Hospital for one day! This, and more fun facts from the council, including when rubbish collection over Christmas will be.
A prolonged period of severe cold weather has been forecasted this week which could increase the health risks to vulnerable people, so try to look out for your neighbours if you can.
A Chinook helicopter from RAF Odiham in Hampshire will be testing out a number of landing sites today (Tuesday) in a multi-agency exercise taking place across the Isle of Wight.
Following some confusion over the matter, the Isle of Wight council clarify what happens to recyclables collected from properties on narrow streets, which have different trucks to wider roads.