Isle of Wight carer, 21, was left with horrendous head wound and covered in blood

Carer, 21, was left covered in blood with horrendous head wound as thug, 30, admits attacking her with glass bottle in street during night out GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Jamie Simpson yesterday pleaded guilty to GBH The 30-year-old attacked Yavana Dix, 21, and left her with ‘significant injuries’ Miss Dix was taken to a home following … Read more

App chaos as mainlanders try to download trial programme from Isle of Wight

NHS contact tracing app in chaos before June deadline: Advisers complain about mainlanders downloading it in Isle of Wight trial and only one inhabitant has reported getting an alert Mail on Sunday found just one person on Isle of Wight who had received warning The Government has already admitted the app won’t be ready for … Read more

Isle of Wight mother’s fury after neighbour who abducted her daughter is allowed to return

A neighbour who was caught on camera taking a five-year-old girl from a playground and locking her in her flat has been allowed to live back on the same estate as her victim.  Jennifer Ashley May-Cunningham, 33, offered little Evie Beal a cup of tea at a playground in Chale Green o  Isle of Wight … Read more

NHS Covid contact-tracing app goes live on Isle of Wight today

The NHS’ track-and-trace app considered vital to getting the UK out of coronavirus lockdown will be tested on the Isle of Wight from today onwards – but there are growing concerns about its privacy setting and its inability to work abroad. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has decided the first public tests would begin on the self-contained … Read more

NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app will launch TOMORROW on the Isle of Wight

The NHSX app will be launched for health workers on the Isle of Wight tomorrow The NHS contact-tracing app considered vital to getting the UK out of coronavirus lockdown will be available for medical staff on the Isle of Wight from tomorrow. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today that the first public tests would begin … Read more

Coronavirus contact tracing app will start Isle of Wight trials this week

Trials of the contact-tracing app the NHS will use to help Britain come out of coronavirus lockdown will begin on the Isle of Wight this week. The app, which will monitor whether someone has been close to a person diagnosed with COVID-19, is a vital part of the Government’s ‘test, track and trace’ approach. It … Read more

Single care home where 11 out of Isle of Man’s 15 coronavirus deaths has its licence suspended

Nine people – including a nurse – have died in 10 days at a Dundee care home at the centre of negligence allegations. Pitkerro Care Centre confirmed the fatalities after a former care worker revealed she had resigned in ‘disgust’ at the conditions she was forced to work under. She has reported Pitkerro to the … Read more

Isle of Wight coastguard rescues eight beach walkers cut off by ‘substantial cliff collapse’

Eight walkers dramatically cut off by huge cliff collapse on Isle of Wight but escape unhurt Police said to avoid Shanklin beach after the rock fall around 4.40pm on Saturday Two groups of people were walking in the area but no one was injured  It was the second major cliff fall within a few weeks … Read more

Want to get PAID for getting away from it all? Couple want to manage property on the Isle of Skye

Want to get PAID for getting away from it all? Couple is being sought to manage a property on a remote Scottish island for six months Couple wanted to manage a property on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides The role comes with A £1,200 per month salary and free accommodation  Runs from … Read more