Isle of Wight Council is reminding residents of forthcoming changes to concessionary travel on public transport. Locally, two changes come in from April which affect the times of free concessionary travel on the Island and also the cost of the Student Rider ticket respectively…

Island MP Andrew Turner has welcomed the news by Red Funnel of discounted tickets for hospital and hospice patients and their visitors who make repeated trips across the Solent. This was one of the positive outcomes of his submission to the Office of Fair Trading last year, which was supported by over 9,000 Islanders, businesses and organisations…

A brand new Car-Free Scheme which hopes to make the Isle of Wight a ‘greener’ place to visit, kicked-off with a launch at ‘The Mission’. The Island Car-Free Scheme, is the brainchild of Lois Prior, who has spent many years working to ‘green’ the island’s tourism industry…

Looking for a partner to share your love of walking… and perhaps even your life? If so, hot-foot it on the Isle of Wight where this May, you can walk to your hearts content. Now in its 5th year, the Isle of Wight speed-dating walk on Sunday 9th May forms part of the council’s annual walking festival (8th-23rd May) which every year attracts around 12,000 visitors from all areas of the UK and overseas…

A group of friends from the Midlands have just enjoyed a free, pre-summer break on the Isle of Wight simply by requesting an official Isle of Wight accommodation guide. Neil Pinfield from Droitwich in Worcestershire, was contacted by the Isle of Wight Council’s tourism team to say that he had won the prize break after being chosen at random from thousands of others who had ordered a holiday guide from an advertisement placed in the Mail on Sunday…

From 1st April 2010 Red Funnel will introduce a new 25% discount scheme to patients and their close relatives who have to make repeated visits to hospital or hospice…

Bus travel will soon be safer, more efficient and easier to use under new Government proposals. Plans outline measures to improve services including a ban on the consumption of alcohol and proposals to allow local authorities to set maximum ticket prices for all…

As reported earlier this week roads across the Isle of Wight are set for a major upgrade thanks to £364.6m of new Government funding. The next stage in the process is for Isle of Wight Council to commence procurement arrangements in March 2010. Work is scheduled to start in 2013…