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Wightlink will bid farewell to its oldest ferry St Cecilia on Friday 25th January 2019. She will be retiring to the Mediterranean, joining her sisters St Helen and St Catherine at the Italian ferry company Delcomar, which operates services between...

During 2018 more than 1 million cars driving on UK roads failed MOT tests due to defects that are now seen as dangerous under new, more stringent MOT rules introduced in May, according to the governments Driver and Vehicle Standards...

Hovertravel will be operating a service reliant on just 1 craft for the next few weeks following the departure of Island Flyer for modification work. The hovercraft left Ryde earlier this morning (Monday) and is now ashore at Woolston in...

Cllr Chris Whitehouse An outspoken member of the Isle of Wight Council claims that an amendment he hopes to move at Full Council on Wednesday 16th January will allow the Full Council to ‘take back control’ of the principles that must...

A committed group of Isle of Wight residents joined together on Saturday (12th January) to highlight and plan actions in order to help prevent NHS services being moved away from the Island. The 'IOW SAVE OUR NHS' group say they...

Southern Vectis, as part of The Go-Ahead Group, has received landmark recognition for best practice in energy management after the transport operator’s units collectively cut carbon emissions by 30% in just 3 years, and by nearly 70% over the past 10...

A high flying businessman who has taken on the lease of The George in Yarmouth has revealed his ambition of turning the West Wight town into the UK's very own St Tropez.  Howard Spooner, who is reported to be a...

A group of teenagers are suspected of throwing life rings and bins into the sea along the Sandown to Shanklin revetment this morning (Monday). 4 teenagers were seen to be acting suspiciously near to Wight Water at around 06:00, then...

Things will be turning colder across the Isle of Wight over the next 10 days with the potential for some wintry spells, according to local forecasters IW Met Service. The new week will start off fairly mild and cloudy with...

79-year-old John Garrett from Ryde died after falling and impaling himself on a toilet roll holder which went through his eye socket, an inquest has this week heard. The tragic accident occurred in the bathroom of Mr Garrett's property at...