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PICTURE GALLERY: Bestival’s Desert Island Disco has got underway today (Thursday) as up to 55,000 people begin to pack out the UK’s best major festival at Downend near Newport. The campsites have been filling up with thousands of tents for as far...

Tens of thousands of music fans are today (Thursday) descending on the Isle of Wight as Bestival 2014 gets underway. With the sun breaking through the clouds, spirits are high as revellers take the short cross-Solent journey before making their...

After the success of Hovertravel’s ‘HoverFest’ selfie competition which took place during the Isle of Wight Festival weekend earlier this year, Hovertravel has now launched the ‘HoverBest’ selfie competition for Bestival. The competition involves customers travelling with Hovertravel to Bestival,...

A temporary 30mph speed limit and 24 hour no-waiting highway clearway order have been put into operation around the Bestival site to ensure the safety of all. The restrictions are in place on: - Mersley Downs Road (from Downend Road to...

Southern Vectis will be running direct services from ferry terminals across the Island and Newport Town to Bestival for campers both today (Thursday) and tomorrow, with a shuttle bus service from Newport in operation throughout the event until 14:00 on...

The question on every Bestival-goer’s mind this year following an unseasonable Summer is...Wellies or Sun cream? Although the sun is shining today with blue skies all around, things will start to cloud over tomorrow (Thursday), which will be a mostly dry day with...

A number of additional sailings have been put in place and amendments have been made for cross-Solent ferry travel as thousands of revellers head to one of the UK’s hottest music festivals, Bestival, which starts tomorrow (Thursday). WIGHTLINK Those traveling by car...

Cross-Solent travel operator Hovertravel will be giving away their signature jellybean boxes free to all customers travelling with them to the Isle of Wight’s Bestival this year. Hovertravel prides itself on being the fastest route across the Solent and each...

A shipper suffering from seasickness and fatigue has been rescued by volunteer lifeboat crew members from Yarmouth RNLI this morning (Wednesday). The All Weather Lifeboat was tasked to launch at around 07:25 after the skipper of the 22ft 'Mistral' called...

A 51-year-old man has been arrested by Police in Newport this morning (Monday) after flashing his genitalia to several woman. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary were called to the Medina Avenue area at around 08:30 after it was reported a middle-aged...