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Red Funnel customers will see some temporary changes to the Quayconnect service in Southampton from the middle of February. Due to Southampton City Council carrying out infrastructural work on the south side of Southampton Central Station from Monday 13th February....

Isle of Wight band Wet Leg bagged 2 Grammy awards at 1 of the biggest nights in the music industry calendar at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The band - consisting of Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, Joshua Mobararki, Henry...

Funding for cross-Solent patient transport has been reduced ‘with a heavy heart’ after the cash pot was called into question. The Isle of Wight Council has proposed slashing the budget available to Islanders travelling to the mainland for hospital treatment...

Angry Islanders have called on the Isle of Wight Council to finally scrap its booking requirement at Lynbottom and Afton Marsh tips in response to soaring fly-tipping figures, but that isn't going to happen says the local authority. However, same-day...

Network Rail is set to replace the bridge decks at both Park Road and Rink Road in Ryde, forcing the closure of both roads for around 5 months. It is hoped that the works, which will see the overbridge decks...

Policing teams on the Isle of Wight are embarking on a new coordinated initiative to keep the Island’s roads safe, as it seems 2 Roads Policing officers just isn't enough. Operation Mile will see Neighbourhood teams (NPT) and Response &...

An attractive 84-acre block of pasture and conservation land at Brighstone Down on the Isle of Wight has gone on the open market this week. With natural capital topping the ‘must have’ lists of many buyers this land will certainly...

An Island town council could take on a Post Office to save the service from being cut off. The idea is being proposed in Sandown following the announcement the branch on Avenue Road would close on 10th March. It had...

The Alliance Group, the controlling party of the Isle of Wight Council, says that the budget it has put forward for 2023/24 is the most difficult ever experienced by the Isle of Wight Council. For months, the Alliance Administration has...

In this edition of Made on the Isle of Wight we examine the giant Princess flying boat which was designed to carry over 100 passengers across the Atlantic in luxury. 3 Princesses were completed in the Columbine Yard in East...