Plans have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, looking to expand outdoor education facilities for young people with learning difficulties.

Wightlink charters a vessel to provide a foot passenger service for Lymington-Yarmouth commuters during temporary wind restrictions.

The latest incident is the third failure of an engine resulting in a fire on Wight Sky over the last 16 months. Wightlink pledge to resolve the problems customers have experienced.

The ferry has been withdrawn from the route as engineers from Wightlink, the engine manufacturer and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) continue to investigate what caused the engine failure.

Five fire crews from the mainland attended a fire in the engine room of the Isle of Wight ferry.

Inspectors had previously highlighted a catalogue of failures and improvements needed at The George Hotel in Yarmouth. The latest inspection finds many of those have now been addressed and a new rating has been issued.

Kids say they were told by bus driver she wasn’t going to Yarmouth, so got off in Freshwater. The council say the bus did go to Yarmouth but at end of service.

The revised plans would be good for the local economy and employment said the clerk of Freshwater Parish Council.

Four crossings have been cancelled today in order allow engineers to replace a fuel injector.

No-one was injured and the fire in the engine room was extinguished by the time the ferry, Wight Sky, arrived back in Yarmouth Harbour some 50 minutes after leaving.

A public consultation has opened for two coastal areas off the Isle of Wight to become Marine Conservation Zones. It's proposed the areas become part of 41 ‘blue belt’ sites.