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Foot and cycle passenger charges on the Cowes Floating Bridge will now begin on Monday 27th July, a week later than expected. Originally charges were expected to commence today (Monday 20th), however, due to delays in the supply of new...

Police officers raided a property in Ventnor on Thursday, where significant amounts of evidence and drug-growing equipment was discovered according to local residents. Intelligence led Hampshire Constabulary to an apartment on Madeira Road in the town, the occupants of which were arrested and taken...

Hovertravel has extended its timetable by two extra services on Saturday 25th July to answer demand for return crossings from customers attending Portsmouth Live. The cross-Solent operator will operate two crossings at 22:30 and 23:00 from Southsea with additional crossings from...

A lone yachtsman who reported he had lost his tiller this afternoon (Friday) eventually received assistance from Cowes RNLI. The gentleman aboard the 22ft Swallow told Solent Coastguard that he had lost steerage in the Solent just north west of Beaulieu...

VIDEO: Ten years of the Island’s ‘Patient Council’ were celebrated at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Annual General Meeting earlier this month. The Patient Council was formed in 2005, taking over from the previous Patient Quality Group that disbanded...

Two Island towns have each been awarded £10,000 in government money to help improve the seaside locations. Ryde and Sandown are set to benefit from the Coastal Community Fund cash injection and join 114 other areas across the country who will receive...

With a wealth of mind-expanding music from the likes of Duran Duran, Chemical Brothers, Missy Elliot, The Jacksons and many more, Bestival’s Summer of Love this September is already shaping up to be utterly legendary - even more so with...

The number of two-year-olds accessing Early Years Education Entitlement on the Isle of Wight has increased dramatically with 71.5% of those eligible either attending a nursery provision or childminder setting, a significant rise from the previous 40%. Since June 2013,...

Southern Water is to install 3,000 more water meters on the Isle of Wight. As long ago as 1989 the company installed nearly 50,000 meters on the Island in one of 12 UK trials. The Island’s trial was the biggest...

The Red Arrows and an RAF Typhoon fighter jet will display in the skies above Cowes next month for Aberdeen Asset Management's Cowes Week, one of the longest running and largest events of its kind in the world. Rumours have been...