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Hampshire Constabulary has launched a new protocol which provides better security to visually impaired members of the community who need to identify if a person at their front door is a police officer. The Visual Impairment Protocol (VIP) applies to...

All 187 stations on the South Western Railway (SWR) network - including Island Line - now have Wi-Fi available. When SWR took over the franchise in 2017 (previously ran as South West Trains), just 5 stations had Wi-Fi connectivity. The...

32-year-old Lauren McIntyre, a prison officer at HMP Isle of Wight, has appeared in court accused of having a sexual relationship with a male prisoner - a convicted double murderer. Miss McIntyre, of St John's Wood Road in Ryde, appeared...

The decision to stop Isle of Wight Council funding of a tidal energy scheme off the Island coastline has been ratified. The council’s corporate scrutiny committee voted yesterday (Monday) to back the cabinet’s decision to extend the term of its...

Passengers intending to use the Island Line network are being warned that the service will not be running in the Ryde area for the next 2 weekends. Maintenance work means that no trains will be running between Ryde Pier Head...

Prezzo Isle of Wight is to re-open its doors on Thursday (1st October), almost 2 weeks later than originally planned. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Newport High Street restaurant was due to open on 21st September. However, customers...

The Isle of Wight Council say that the troubled Cowes Floating Bridge should return to a full service by mid-October - after more than 13 weeks of suspension. In a statement released this evening (Monday), the local authority has said...

Southern Water says that the risk of a hosepipe ban has been reduced thanks to the River Test catchment area seeing around 175% of long term average rainfall in August. In August, the water supply company announced the possible need...

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has introduced the planned changes to the car theory test from today (Monday). Video clip scenarios will replace the written case study within the multiple choice section of the current theory test. Candidates...

Red Funnel customers are currently unable to make bookings online or by phone due to an IT issue, the operator has said: The unexplained problem is affecting online bookings, telephone bookings, customer account enquiries and the number plate recognition system...