The captain of a hovercraft was forced to suspend a crossing because two passengers refused to wear face masks. Police were called as the service from Southsea to Ryde on the Isle of Wight was ...

The chairman of the Isle of Wight council has called an Extraordinary Full Council meeting to discuss the critical issues of ...

Isle of Wight hovercraft services have been suspended following the discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb. Hovertravel has cancelled its crossings between Southsea and Ryde due to an ...

Survivors were winched from the upturned hovercraft Speaking in the House of Commons the following week, Isle of Wight MP Mark Woodnutt paid tribute to the "quiet calm, courage and skill" of the ...

On 16th December, the Government published a White Paper concerning their intention to devolve powers right across the country and to do so, in tandem, with re-organising local authorities into ...

Hovertravel, the world’s only commercial hovercraft service, has warned of potential job losses as it grapples with declining ...

Of all the homemade RC Hovercraft floating around out there, this build is not only one of the better looking: it’s also unexpectedly quick. [ScratchBuiltAircraft] sourced foam board from the ...

although Hovercrafts still operate between the Isle of Wight and Southsea. The image shows Hovercraft SR-N1 arriving in Dover after her maiden voyage across the Channel.

CHOPPY conditions on The Solent have affected hovercraft flights. Hovertravel services between Ryde and Southsea have been cancelled due to strong winds on The Solent, with an update expected from the ...

Here's a look at the weather forecast until the weather warning ends, hour by hour, in Newport, Ryde and The Needles: Newport ...

OITA—After a 15-year hiatus, hovercraft are making a comeback as Oita Prefecture prepares to reopen what will be Japan’s only passenger route for the watercraft as early as December.