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Fleas infested a St Clare Wightlink ferry while travelling between Portsmouth over the weekend.

'Fleas' infest Wightlink ferry forcing services to be cancelled

Major travel disruption between Portsmouth and Isle of Wight - details

Wightlink cat c oming in. Wild weather on Saturday morning in Old Portsmouth
Picture: Chris Moorhouse (060626-05)

Wightlink and Hovertravel services from Portsmouth are cancelled

The Wightlink ferry 'St Clare'

Ferry skilfully navigates Solent while avoiding hundreds of yachts

Police speak to children at The Camber following an "extremely dangerous" trend.

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Isle of Wight Festival goers on route to the Isle of Wight via hovertravel and Wightlink ferries on Thursday 18th June 2026

Pictured: Jen Gostling, Lyndy Lay and Phil Newbery on route to the Isle of Wight from Portsmouth Harbour

Picture: Habibur Rahman

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Comedian, Paul Merton, surprised passengers on Wightlink's FastCat service to film Driving Amazing Trains for Channel 4.

Have I Got News For You comedian surprises ferry passengers

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Captain Jerry Saltonstall with WightLink's 100th anniversary cake.

WightLink celebrates 100 years of Portsmouth-Fishbourne crossing

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The Wightlink ferry 'St Clare' has crashed into the Gunwharf ferry terminal, with both sustaining damage. Several services have been cancelled this afternoon.

What caused the ferry crash at Gunwharf? Services return to normal

Changes have been made to Wightlink ferry services between Fishbourne and Portsmouth following a heavy-berthing incident this morning.

Ferry services cancelled and changed after ship crash

The Wightlink ferry 'St Clare' has crashed into the Gunwharf ferry terminal, with both sustaining damage. Several services have been cancelled this afternoon.

Ferry crashes into Gunwharf terminal 'sustaining damage'

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Festive timetable for buses, trains and sea from Portsmouth

Festive travel: All the bus, ferry, rail and hovercraft timetables

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A cosy winter escape awaits – and you can sail in style to the Isle of Wight for even less with winter deals offering up to half price ferry tickets.
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Wightlink have opened a 30-day consultation regarding plans to cut up to 50 roles in the company. The RMT have called the plans "reckless" and want guarantees there will be no compulsory redundancies.

RMT strike ballot called off after concessions from Wightlink

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Wightlink have opened a 30-day consultation regarding plans to cut up to 50 roles in the company. The RMT have called the plans "reckless" and want guarantees there will be no compulsory redundancies.

"A recipe for disaster" - union threatens Wightlink strike action

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The best stretch of the round Isle of Wight bike ride - Military Road hugs the coast from Chale to Freshwater Bay

I cycled round the Isle of Wight for 5 hours — and here's what I loved

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Kids Go Free - Family outside on board Wightlink Ferry in summer

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Wightlink ferries to and from Portsmouth have been hit with mechanical issues, with a charter vessel operating a reduced service. Pictured: St. Clare Ferry arriving into Portsmouth.

Isle of Wight ferries to and from city hit with "mechanical issue"
Essential ferries between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight have been struck by a “mechanical issue”.
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Protesters in Cowes High Street wearing pirate outfits and placards over unreliable and expensive ferry services to the Isle of Wight - including from Portsmouth

Ferry fury as pirates protest unaffordable and unreliable crossings

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Café steward Reece Peacham and the seagull he rescued

I rescued an injured seagull by giving it a prawn sandwich

St Clare will be returning to service after "round the clock" repair works. The mechanical issue has led to two days of diruption.

Wightlink issue apology after two days of disruption

The Wightlink ferry St Clare Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Wightlink's ferry out of service due to technical fault

A technical issue has resulted in long delays for ferry passengers in Portsmouth today.

Ferry "chaos" as Wightlink passengers experience long delays

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Essential maintenance is taking place at the Wightlink Port in Gunwharf Road, Portsmouth, meaning that the car ferries to Fishbourne have been relocated to the international port until February 3. The works will include replacing all of the fenders and resurfacing a large majority of the site. Picture: Sarah Standing (270125-1727)

Work gets underway at Wightlink Port - In 12 Pictures

The car ferry terminal will relocate to the International Ferry Port while work is carried out at the Gunwharf Road terminal.

Credit: Wightlink

Major improvements at Wightlink car ferry port revealed

The car ferry terminal will relocate to the International Ferry Port while work is carried out at the Gunwharf Road terminal.

Credit: Wightlink

Car ferry terminal to relocate causing longer travel time

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer criticised the ferry services to and from the Isle of Wight during PMQs this week, branding them as "simply not good enough".

"Simply not good enough" Isle of Wight ferries slammed by PM

Wightlink Ferries have released a list of some of its quirky lost and found items.

Wightlink Ferries reveals absolute bonkers list of found items in 2024

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Plea for changes to ferries over concerns about cost and reliability

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The Portsmouth City Council is working on correcting spelling mistakes on a few signs in Old Portsmouth. The signs directs people to 'Whitelink Ferry Port' rather than 'Wightlink Ferry Port'.

Spelling mistake spotted on Old Portsmouth signs

The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett and Maxim on the bridge of Wightlink ferry to the Isle of Wight.

Isle of Wight headliners The Prodigy have a go at driving ferry

Isle of Wight Festival crowd. Picture: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

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PS Waverley sailing past Portsmouth last year, as new sailings have been announced for this September. Picture: Habibur Rahman.

World's last seagoing paddle steamer to return - new sailings added

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The News Business Excellence Awards winners 2024 line up on the stage after an evening of celebration.

The News Business Excellence Awards: 2024 winners revealed

Hundreds of children will have the opportunity to visit The D-Day Story museum for free due to a sponsorship programme announced by Portsmouth City Council.

Hundreds of children to visit The D-Day Story for free due to sponsors