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
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
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
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
Best of Britain: BBC Countryfile Awards 2020 names Northumberland as No1 national park, Isle of Wight as the top holiday destination and Wales’ Freshwater West as the finest beach Readers of Countryfile Magazine were asked to vote for their favourite UK spots and 17,000 votes were cast Poison Garden at Alnwick Garden and Northumberlandia, a … Read more