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.
If you or your friends or family are going for a Covid booster shot at the Riverside Centre soon - you’ll want to know that the way to drive there has changed
The Government Website where you book Covid PCR tests is showing ‘None available’ for the Isle of Wight. Only four other areas across the country are showing the same currently. No others in the South East.
Here's the breakdown of how much Isle of Wight council had invested in Coal and Oil and Gas companies (as at Feb 2021, as reported by the Friends of the Earth and Platform). News OnTheWight asked IWC about their plans to stop given they declared a Climate Emergency in 2019
Train enthusiasts from around the country came to the Isle of Wight today to ride on the first new Island Line trains. News OnTheWight chatted to a few of them about their journeys to get here (one up at 1:30am this morning, another narrowly missed the Salisbury train crash!) and their views on the new trains
Listen to News OnTheWight’s interview with David Pugh about KILF’s battle; the new trains; promised half-hour service and improving connections between FastCat and Portsmouth trains
After Southern Water made a bold claim about reducing the amount of human waste they’re letting flow into the sea, a little more detail seemed reasonable, so here’s what we asked
None of this is a foregone conclusion, but it’s interesting to see which 38 IW roads Southern Vectis say they’d like car parking removed from, in an ideal world
PTEC, the company hoping to build a tidal energy centre off the South of the Isle of Wight, are caught up in a sale being officially examined after a government Minister issued an ‘intervention notice’ on grounds of national security.