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Will Durrant

MP in bid to stop ferry firms leaving islanders high and dry

The Hovertravel hover craft ‘Island Flyer’ (right) passes the Wightlink ferry Victoria of Wight as they both make their way towards Portsmouth from the Isle of Wight (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

Ferries which connect island communities to mainland Britain are in decline, an MP has warned in his push to bring boats more in line with buses and trains.

Joe Robertson said the Isle of Wight’s 140,400 residents have little say over how ferries are run across the Solent to Hampshire.

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