David Goodall met with Wightlink bosses last week and now shares his views on what needs to happen to improve ferry services to and from the Isle of Wight.
It was incredibly sad to hear earlier this week of the passing of Dr Ed Gouge, a Ventnor Town Councillor, IW Labour Party Secretary and election agent, as well as a friend to many.
The announcement that if Conservatives are voted back into government, pensioners will need to surrender the value of those homes to meet care costs could well have sent shock waves through the retired population of the Isle of Wight today.
Island Labour say that Bob Seely supported lifting the ban before the 2017 election, then switched sides. They call on him to "come out in the open and tell us whether he would vote to keep the ban".
After MP Bob Seely asked the Government whether they would consider a buy-out of an Isle of Wight ferry company, the Chair of Isle of Wight Labour says he's, "starting to think Bob considers Islanders to be mugs".
The Leader of the Island Independents, Jonathan Bacon, has responded this morning to accusations made by Conservative councillor, Dave Stewart, that those who signed up to a campaign against austerity are 'hard left'.
Vectis Party leader, Daryll Pitcher, says the Boundary Commission proposals are "laughably inept" and show a "shocking lack of understanding for the Island and an incomprehension of basic geographical terms"