After cross-training as a journalist 10+ years ago, Simon has been living and breathing news ever since. He would love to see more of the beautiful Island he lives on, but spends far too much time relaying the news of the Isle of Wight to the Islanders.
Only a tiny percentage of people living on the Isle of Wight have signed the Revoke Article 50 petition. Is that any surprise given the strength of the Brexit vote here?
Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, got a slap on the wrist from the Speaker of the House yesterday for being 'discourteous' during a debate. Seely went on to take part in the next debater asking whether there was a case for an updated and renewed treason Bill or Act.
The Global Britain: A Twenty-First Century Vision report, co-authored by Bob Seely, and published today, pitches that the UK's approach to Overseas Aid should be radially overhauled.
After two years of being in power at Isle of Wight council, Dave Stewart has listed three specific things in his 'What we've achieved on the Island so far' column. The public's reaction is an eye-opener.
There's quite a bit of concern in Gurnard about a beach that's access has been blocked by a newly constructed fence. OnTheWight has been pulling the pieces together to better understand it.
Mild weather led to large numbers of swimmers at this year’s Ventnor Boxing Day Swim 2018. A wide variety of people taking part as you can see in the video
At the weekend, Matt Hancock MP, declared he would rid the NHS of fax machines by 2020, replacing them with the latest thing: email. OnTheWight finds out whether the Isle of Wight has 'Axed the Fax'.
Island Labour say that in 2015 the Isle of Wight council signed an accord with the Island Federation of Small Businesses which pledged to, where possible, use small businesses to provide goods and services, but in the last year they have spent £41,000 with Amazon.