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.
Although his MO is to cycle in a Mankini to raise money for worthy causes, such as SANDS Charity (Still Birth & Neonatal Deaths), Dom Marle is keen to get back his expensive cycling gear left in Yarmouth earlier this month.
Old food debris on chopping board for uncooked fish and black puddings nearly two weeks past their ‘use by’ date were just two of the failures that led to a food hygiene rating of 1 for The George.
Chris Weston, who sadly passed away earlier this year, was interviewed for a cycling documentary that picked up the prize for Best Documentary at the Portobello Film Festival.
The next episode in the second series of BBC2’s documentary on the RNLI, which airs at 8pm on Tuesday 26th September, will include footage of the Yarmouth lifeboat in action and interviews with the Coxswain and members of the volunteer crew.