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Newport Parish Council has been successful in securing funding of £8,645 from Scottish and Southern Energy Resilient Communities Fund to train and equip voluntary emergency wardens for Newport. The 36 Emergency Wardens will cover the 6 areas in Newport that...

A revised timetable is in operation on Wightlink's catamaran service again this week as engineers work to repair Wight Ryder II. Wightlink have made changes to their Ryde Pier Head-Portsmouth Harbour timetable for the remainder of the week. It follows...

Older people’s charity, the Royal Voluntary Service, is ending its Community Meals on Wheels service on the Isle of Wight in January, it has been confirmed. The charity has been running a private service since 2012 but due to a steady...

Isle of Wight operator Southern Vectis is celebrating after scooping a top accolade at this year’s UK Bus Awards. The Newport-based firm has been singled out for a silver award in the ‘Making Buses a Better Choice’ category, recognising the contribution of...

For customers crossing the Solent over the festive period, Red Funnel is operating extra Christmas vehicle ferry sailings between 24th December and 3rd January, including two car ferry sailings in each direction on Christmas Day. Red Funnel will operate car...

The Isle of Wight Council will once again be part of 'Small Business Saturday' on Saturday 5th December and will not charge motorists to park in any of its long stay car parks between 12:00 and 18:00. The event, supported...

UPDATED: John Metcalfe, the Isle of Wight Council's current Deputy Managing Director, looks set to become the new Chief Executive. The Isle of Wight Council Employment Sub-Committee decided last week to recommend John Metcalfe for the £125,000-a-year post after a total of...

Two generous legacies have recently been received by the Friends of St Mary's Hospital, greatly assisting its charity work for the Island’s NHS. The larger of these, £50,000, was bequeathed by the late Leonard Francis Nicholson (pictured left), who came...

Passengers travelling with the ferry operator Red Funnel are now able to keep track of both ferries and connecting bus services via one single information system. The solution, which is developed by the Swedish IT company Hogia, provides passengers with...

Following an exciting and successful collaboration with Isle of Wight-based charity UKSA in 2015, Red Funnel is inviting local charities to apply to become its 2016 charity of the year. The ferry firm, who raised £35,000 for UKSA in 2015...