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Island patients travelling across to Portsmouth for cancer treatment are now able to benefit from a dedicated bus service which will run between the Hovertravel terminal at Southsea and Portsmouth Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham.
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After pleading guilty in September to drunk driving, the Hovercraft pilot today was sentenced in Newport.
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The judge told the pilot the incident was "a grave dereliction of duty and your actions could have resulted in tragedy"
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Watch the video footage shown in court of the attempted landing incident that resulted in the ‘Drunk driver’ Hovercraft Pilot going to prison today.
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OnTheWight asked the ferry companies what their reaction was to Andrew Turner's performance in the House of Commons the other day. Here are the responses from two of them.
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Travel is being disrupted around the Island. We'll update this article through the day to keep you abreast of changes.
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Commuters were subject to a shuttle service on Tuesday morning due to a 'technical fault'. Today there's a repeat of the same service after the wipers failed.
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Watch out for shuttle service on the Hover later today and tomorrow.
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Oh dear, commuters will be subjected to a continuation of the shuttle service on Wednesday now.
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OnTheWight joined others this morning for a tour of the Griffon Hoverworks factory in Southampton to see the progress on two new craft.
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Hovertravel's chief pilot talks us through the new craft designs. Listen to the podcast and look at the photo gallery.
