Vestas facilities in Newport on the Isle of Wight focuses on manufacturing offshore turbine blades for wind projects.

600 wind turbine factory jobs at risk as product demand 'coming to an end'

Isle of Wight ferry. The Red Funnel car ferry, Red Falcon,  leaves East Cowes on the Isle of Wight bound for Southampton.
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Member of parliament calls for ministers to step in to regulate or subsidise cross-Solent ferry services, following meetings at the Department for Transport. 

Calls for government intervention over 'unreliable' Isle of Wight ferries

Leeson Road between Ventnor and Shanklin closed after a huge landslip forced 20 homes to be evacuated

Isle of Wight landslip road re-opens after almost a year

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At least 20 Members of Parliament in the South of England have yet to decide how they’ll vote on the proposed assisted dying legislation, ITV News understands.

Southern MPs still undecided over assisted dying law change

A group of four raccoons escaped Amazon World Zoo Park in the morning on Friday (1 November).

Fourth and final runaway raccoon found after escaping zoo

The zoo is asking people to check their bonfire piles after the four animals managed to get out from their compound at Amazon World Zoo Park on Friday morning.

Three raccoons found following escape from Isle of Wight zoo 

The vessel, which was part of the Tudor navy and Henry VIII’s flagship, sank on July 19 1545

Bones from wreck of Mary Rose suggest handedness might affect collarbones

They were discovered during the drilling of boreholes in the Leeson Road area of Bonchurch - which is still closed after a landslip. 

Fossils dating back more than 100 million years found on Isle of Wight

Ambulance crews found a woman, aged 53, with serious injuries on the Isle of Wight and took her to hospital for treatment.

Woman seriously injured in suspected hit and run

Police said they were called at 10.38am on Friday 16 August to a report of a crash near Calbourne.

Boy, 6, seriously injured in crash on Isle of Wight

MPs and residents are calling for greater regulation of Isle of Wight ferry services, owing to what they describe as 'ferociously expensive' fares.

Calls for 'ferociously expensive' ferry services to be regulated

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New Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire Donna Jones, talks to media during a walkabout in Winchester, Hampshire. Picture date: Thursday May 13, 2021.

Police and crime commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is facing calls to quit from MPs over a statement released commenting on recent disorder. 

Calls for Hampshire police commissioner to quit over 'divisive' riot comments  

Neil Andrew Cain of The Broadway, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, was investigated and prosecuted by the RSPCA.

Man given suspended prison sentence over 'prolonged neglect' of kittens

Red funnel ferry passengers unable to book tickets 

The services between East Cowes and Southampton were suspended for several hours due to a technical failure of the drawbridge, which has since been repaired. 

Red Funnel Isle of Wight car ferry services resume following drawbridge failure

The analysis suggests the plant-eating dinosaur, weighed as much as an African elephant and roamed the Isle of Wight around 125 million years ago.

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