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Red Funnel customers recently met with the ferry operator's leadership team to discuss topics at the front of customers' minds, as part of the Customer Forum initiative. Senior members of the Red Funnel team spoke openly with customers to tackle...

A group of Bembridge residents have joined forces with a local landowner to revitalise The Point, with work beginning this week to clear concrete blocks and reopen the area to the public. The project aims to transform The Point -...

Lake Parish Council has paid tribute to Councillor Bette Young following her retirement at the Council’s recent Annual Meeting. The meeting, held for the first time at the new venue known as the Meeting Place next to the New Road...

2 free foot passenger crossings will be offered for every young Island person in training or Sixth Form education as part of a ground-breaking range of travel benefits announced by Wightlink to encourage career, education, training and leisure travel to...

Plans to give a Cowes town centre bar a raised outside seating area have been refused. County Hall rejected Steve Tewkesbury’s proposal for raised seating to the rear of The Bird Bar at 104 High Street, Cowes. A statement submitted...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is celebrating the return of one of the UK’s most cherished and threatened woodland mammals, the hazel dormouse, to Swanpond Copse Nature Reserve near Ryde. This marks the first confirmed sighting of this...

The winning numbers in this week’s Isle of Wight Lottery draw (20th June 2025) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 13562 £100.00 13520 £100.00 18233 £100.00 693 £100.00 15823 £100.00 17706 £100.00 14792 £100.00 15971 £100.00 14820 £100.00 16493 £100.00 18071

The new developers behind the Atherfield Bay Holiday Camp resort have confirmed that no migrants will be housed there, rebuffing fake news rumours circulating on social media. Encore Leisure Propco has confirmed that work is being undertaken at the clifftop...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

A fox cub found in a weak and wobbly state has been rescued and treated thanks to the swift action of The Friends of the Animals charity and a local veterinary team. The young cub, described as underweight and unstable...