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UPDATED: Adverse weather on the Solent is once again causing disruption for Isle of Wight travel operators this morning (Thursday). Hovertravel’s service remains suspended this morning as the conditions have been deemed too extreme for Island Flyer to run between...

UPDATED: Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision on Ryde Esplanade this afternoon (Wednesday). Crews from the Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service, Hampshire Constabulary and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are all currently on scene....

Wightlink have been forced to cancel a number of car ferry sailings on their Yarmouth-Lymington route this afternoon (Wednesday). The 15:00 and 17:00 sailings from Lymington and the 16:05 and 18:05 sailings from Yarmouth have been cancelled due to the...

Newport High Street will be closed from 18:30 tonight (Wednesday) due to emergency works by Southern Water. The road will be closed from its junction with St James Street to Holyrood Street - a distance of 134 metres. Motorists should divert...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have suspended their cross-Solent service this lunchtime (Wednesday) due to the adverse weather conditions being experienced on the Solent. Island Flyer has completed the 12:30 crossing from Southsea to Ryde, but is now parked up on the pad...

Hampshire Constabulary are urging people to warn friends and relatives after an elderly man on the Isle of Wight was conned out of £25,000 by fraudsters posing as Police officers. The man, aged in his 80s and from the West...

UPDATED: University Hospital Southampton - also known as Southampton General Hospital - has cancelled all non-urgent activity today (Wednesday) which could well affect patients travelling from the Isle of Wight. The hospital has suffered a major power cut and has...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian and a car at Somerton in Cowes this morning (Wednesday). Police and Ambulance crews are on scene at Newport Road, close to the roundabout at the Park and...

UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a fire on Pan estate in Newport this evening (Tuesday). Crews were called to the residential property on Royal Exchange at around 18:20 following reports of a...

Both Wightlink and Hovertravel are having difficulties with the weather on their routes between Ryde and the mainland this evening (Tuesday). Hovertravel suspended their Ryde to Southsea service at 12:45 and, apart from a 15:45 crossing from Ryde, have not...