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ISLE OF WIGHT GENERAL ELECTION 2019 RESULTS Seely CON 41,815 Votes Quigley LABOUR 18,078 Votes Lowthion GREEN 11,338 Votes Feeney IND 1,542 Votes Love IND 874 Votes Pitcher IND 795 Votes Conservative’s Bob Seely has once again been elected as...

BOB SEELY ELECTED - 41,815 VOTES Voting in the 2019 General Election is now over and the count is underway to find out who is going to become the next MP for the Isle of Wight. Follow our live updates...

Firefighters are attending an electrical fire on a residential street in Shanklin this afternoon (Thursday). 2 appliances are currently on scene at Oaklyn Gardens, off Green Lane. Crews from Shanklin and Ryde were mobilised to the incident at around 16:30....

The Isle of Wight Zoo has announced that Simi, a much-loved tigeress who arrived on the Island in 2016, has sadly passed away. Simi died last week as a result of a short illness, which the zoo says was related...

Island Line's service between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin has been suspended this morning (Thursday) due to an electricity supply problem. Trains are currently unable to operate on the Isle of Wight rail network, but engineers are working to identify...

Disruption on Wightlink's Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service - which has resulted in delays to Royal Mail deliveries - looks set to continue into Thursday. The cross-Solent operator says that due to sickness of an essential member of crew, the 06:20...

Burger King will welcome customers to its first Isle of Wight store from Monday, it has been confirmed. The fast food giant will be holding a soft opening on Monday 16th December with reduced opening hours ahead of an official...

Gritters will be out and about treating the Island's road network from 19:00 tonight (Wednesday). The forecast is for low temperatures this evening and overnight, which has resulted in the decision being made to carry out a precautionary gritting run....

A technical issue with Wightlink's flagship vessel, Victoria of Wight, has resulted in the cancellation of a number of sailings on the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route this afternoon (Tuesday). The 13,00, 15:00, 17:00 and 19:00 sailings from Portsmouth Gunwharf have all been...

Middle Road has been closed in both directions due to a road traffic collision involving a fallen tree near Calbourne this evening (Monday). The incident has occurred at Swainstone, between Ashen Grove Farm and Sun Hill/Lynch Lane. Island Echo understands...