Hovertravel have announced that they will be running a 1-craft, revised timetable between now and 12th November due to a major technical issue with Solent Flyer. The cross-Solent service between Ryde and Southsea will, for the next 7 weeks, be...

The Isle of Wight Indoor Bowls Club, situated on Brading Road in Ryde, is preparing to start its winter season.  The club is already open for practice but the competitive events get underway proper on Monday 1st October. Ahead of...

Visit Isle of Wight has announced that Warner Leisure Hotels are to continue to sponsor the Isle of Wight Walking Festival, ensuring the success and encouraging growth of the annual event. The Isle of Wight Walking Festival is one of...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely is to seek feedback from the Island’s farmers on the Government’s new Agriculture Bill. Bob will write to the local National Farmers' Union over the proposed legislation which maps out how agriculture will function...

The team at Liz Earle in Ryde were delighted to welcome Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex to their visionary head office, The Green House, yesterday (Thursday). As well as officially naming the new Wightlink ferry, as previously reported...

The go ahead has been given for the addition of Carisbrooke to the name of Newport Parish Council. The Full Council agreed the title change on Wednesday evening following an initial request from Newport Parish Council to change its name...

PRO-Link, the driving force behind a tunnel connecting the Isle of Wight to the mainland, have today (Friday) released their plans for a fixed link between Whippingham and Gosport. At the end of 2014, before PRO-LINK was formed, Carl Feeney devised...

Several hundred properties are without power in Newport as gusty winds whistle across the Isle of Wight tonight (Thursday). Some 28 postcodes in the PO30 5 area have been affected by the high voltage network fault. Power was lost at...

Retained firefighters from Freshwater battled to extinguish a car fire in a field near Chessell earlier on tonight (Thursday). A single appliance was mobilised to the scene between Calbourne and Freshwater following reports of a vehicle well alight. 2 firefighters...

UPDATED: Commuters and day trippers crossing the Solent via Hovertravel tomorrow (Friday) are facing significant disruption due to yet another technical issue. 1 of the troubled Flyer hovercraft has been pulled from service for what has been described as a...