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Wightlink's cross-Solent ferry 'St Faith' is celebrating 30 years in service today (Thursday). The 3000-ton ferry, which can accommodate 142 cars, 12 lorries and 722 passengers, was built by Cochrane Shipbuilders in Selby at the end of the 1980s. She...

Planning permission has been submitted for a new school in Freshwater, revealing with the site at All Saints could look like in the near future. The Isle of Wight Council wants to move Yarmouth Primary School and existing Freshwater All...

A probation service serving the Isle of Wight has had ‘a sharp decline in the quality of work’ it provides due to staffing shortfalls, a watchdog has found. However, its work with newly released prisoners was rated as outstanding. In...

Visit Isle of Wight - the Island’s destination management organisation – is urging local businesses to apply for a free national charter marque that will highlight the quality and high standards that Isle of Wight businesses have to offer. The...

Latest figures show that a total of 17,600 employees and 6,400 self-employed individuals across the Isle of Wight have been supported by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) since the start of the coronavirus...

It is ‘a mistake’ for ferry companies to stop allowing most passengers to stay in their vehicles during the crossing, according to an Isle of Wight Council member. During the coronavirus lockdown, the Maritime and Coastguard Authority relaxed laws to...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, has submitted formal objections to plans for oil drilling at Arreton. The application, submitted by UK Oil and Gas Plc (UKOG), proposes the construction, operation and decommissioning of a well site at Arreton for...

Co-Responders in Freshwater and Ventnor are familiarising themselves with their new vehicles as they say goodbye to the old red vans and hello to modern estate cars. Up until now, Citroen Berlingo vans have been a common sight in the...

The team at Arreton Barns have made the decision to cancel this year's Sweetcorn Fayre in light of current Government guidelines and the unsettled climate. This is only the second time in the Sweetcorn Fayre’s history that it has been...

More than 100 patients will be offered the chance to have their surgery done privately on the mainland to clear the ‘considerable backlog’ of treatments the Isle of Wight NHS Trust now faces in the aftermath of the first wave...