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Red Funnel supporting a previous charity of the year, Ability Dogs 4 Young People Nominations to become Red Funnel’s Charity of the Year 2020 are now open. Charities from the Isle of Wight and Hampshire area are encouraged to apply...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has pledged to monitor the service performance of cross-Solent operators having received assurances from each that they were well prepared for the coming winter. Bob wrote to cross-Solent travel operators on 4th October asking...

Isle of Wight artificial intelligence company Innovative Physics Limited (IPL) has scooped another coveted engineering industry award. The Shanklin-based company has been named Small Company of the Year at The British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs) held at The Landmark London....

With the Brexit deadline of 31st October coming ever closer, and Parliament stuck in a stalemate regarding a clear route forward, over 60 islanders travelled to central London at the weekend to join another alleged 1 million people in the...

Island Line is back to running 2 trains an hour following repair works by fleet engineers. The 81-year-old trains are really showing their age and on 18th September technical issues forced the rail operator to pull one out of service,...

Edward from West Wight Pet Lifeline at Yaverland this morning Investigations are underway to ascertain the source of a sticky substance that has resulted in a number of sea birds being washed up on the east coast of the Isle...

Passengers on Wightlink's catamaran service will be unable to park at the wet end of the pier for an overnight period next week. Re-lining work is being carried out at the pier head car park between 20:00 on Thursday (24th...

More than 252,000 people in the South East are now receiving personalised Universal Credit support, new figures show - including 4,453 people on the Isle of Wight. The latest data reveals that 2.5million people nationwide are benefiting from Universal Credit...

Bob Seely MP has met with local Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) representatives in Parliament and pledged his continuing commitment to fight for a fair transitional State Pension arrangement for all WASPI women. Shelagh Simmons and Sally Robinson were...

During the debate on the Queen’s speech in Parliament this week, Island MP Bob Seely pushed forward with his campaign for an Island Deal – which would result in more Government funding for the Island. Bob highlighted the challenges faced...