Isle of Wight News from Thursday, February 20th, 2025

Wightlink's St Clare ferry has been withdrawn from service on the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route because of a technical problem involving two engines.

Blackwater based wildlife education trust Naturezones has been awarded more than £72,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Thanks to the help of Dora, an artificial intelligent telephone assistant, average waiting times for low complexity cataract surgery for patients on the Isle of Wight have reduced from 35 weeks at the beginning of January 2024, to 10 weeks or less.

Richard Quigley, MP for Isle of Wight West, is spearheading a new initiative to combat digital poverty and encouraging local businesses to donate unused devices.

Contentious plans for a new 7,245 square metre commercial and leisure park next to the Isle of Wight Airport have been appealed following a refusal last summer.

Eight new electric vehicle (EV) charging bays will be built in an Isle of Wight town centre.

New flats including a ‘starter home’ that was ‘designed with families in mind’ could be built on a residential road in the middle of an Isle of Wight town.

Councillors and residents have accused a developer of starting work on a major Isle of Wight housing development in breach of a planning condition.

A host of fire crews from across the Isle of Wight have been called to Blackgang this afternoon (Thursday).

Joe Robertson, MP for Isle of Wight East, has slammed the Government’s consultation about a combined mayor authority for Hampshire and Isle of Wight as “a shambles” and “an insult to Islanders”.

Contentious plans for a new 7,245 square metre commercial and leisure park next to the Isle of Wight Airport have been appealed following a refusal last summer.