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Red Funnel has announced that it is bringing back its Booking Guarantee for any private vehicle or foot passenger bookings made in December, giving passengers more flexibility and confidence in making travel plans over the holidays. The announcement comes as...

A new pre-school could be about to open at Hunnyhill Primary School in Newport. The school has applied to lower their age range from 4-years-old to 3-years-old in order to continue the offer of preschool provision on the school site....

People across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight who are unable to attend or no longer need their COVID-19 appointment are asked to cancel to free up slots for the lifesaving jab. Almost 2,000 slots were missed at the mass...

An action plan to arm a new generation of Islanders with the skills needed to drive the industries of tomorrow looks set to be agreed by the Isle of Wight Council later this week. The Isle of Wight Skills Plan...

32-year-old Kye Malin has been handed a 12-month driving ban after being caught drug driving back in June of this year - a journey that also saw him receive 8 penalty points for other offences at an earlier court hearing....

Details of a new Safe Accommodation Strategy will be considered by Cabinet members next week. The Domestic Abuse Act, which comes into force in March, has placed a statutory duty on councils to provide support to victims of domestic abuse...

Councillors are to review the results of the first phase in a long-running Island-wide review of traffic regulations. After reviewing suggestions from local people and analysing historic collision data, the Isle of Wight Council published proposed minor changes to parking...

The luck of East Cowes’s regeneration could be changing as more details are unveiled about the town’s potential future. The regeneration of East Cowes has been on the cards for nearly 15 years with a range of schemes proposed —...

It has been an award-winning month for the team at The Royal and the new Head Chef has been put royally in the spotlight. After 2 inspections in 1 week, The Royal in Ventnor successfully retains its 4-star hotel classification,...

The current iwight.com website The delivery of the Isle of Wight Council’s new website — which is already 18 months behind schedule due to COVID-19 — is set to be scrutinised next week, as it is revealed the project is...