Storm Bert likely to bring strong winds and disruption to cross-Solent travel: Met Office issues weather warning
25, March 2020·1 min readIsle of Wight council reverse Floating Bridge usage limitationsYesterday the council said the services across the Medina would be limited to blue-light and essential workers
24, March 2020·1 min readFloating bridge to be limited to essential workers only (Updated)To make sure that everybody is following this new limitation, staff may ask passengers or drivers about their journey
20, March 2020·1 min read#washhands #bekind message on Isle of Wight cycle trackThe messages might be on a cycle track on the Isle of Wight, but with the power of social media, they could travel
10, March 2020·1 min readWatch: Isle of Wight musician and artist, Paul Armfield, launches Crowdfunder for seventh albumThere are a number of great incentives as part of the Crowdfunder appeal for Paul Armfield's seventh album
21, February 2020·2 min readFerry’s ‘disorientated’ master suffered ‘cognitive overload’ before colliding with moored yacht in fogThe report concludes that the helmsman and master were both insufficiently practised at steering the vessel in thick fog by using just the instruments
13, February 2020·1 min readMeteorologists have ‘high confidence’ it was a tornado that hit CowesMeteorologists say that radar images of last night's weather, combined with the damage reports, give them high confidence that it was a tornado that hit Cowes
13, February 2020·1 min readTornado in Cowes? ‘Yes, I think there was,’ says reader who woke up to find a boat in their gardenThis OnTheWight reader's account of the possible small tornado last night sounds pretty scary
12, February 2020·1 min readCowes Enterprise College ranked top on Isle of Wight for GCSE resultsFor second consecutive year, thanks to progress made by its students, Cowes Enterprise is named as the Island's top performing school
12, February 2020·1 min readAnother flood alert issued for the Isle of Wight coastMore flooding advice from the Environment Agency for Isle of Wight residents and businesses, especially in Cowes and East Cowes
12, February 2020·1 min readFloating bridge to be suspended for testingThe council say essential tests are due to be undertaken while the river is subject to a spring ebb tide. Details within
10, February 2020·1 min readFlood alert issued for Isle of Wight coastline during today’s high tideThe Environment Agency advise if you have flood protection, install it one hour before high tide and move cars from seafront car parks
2, February 2020·2 min readRed Funnel: ‘Absolutely no truth’ to claims RedJet service will be altered (updated)An explosive claim made this morning has been denied by Red Funnel.