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Injuries in crash near St Lawrence and road blocked
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is investigating a crash near St Lawrence tonight (Sunday). Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue's crews from Ventnor, Shanklin and Newport were all called to a collision near St Lawrence Shute, on
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Island represented at NFU Conference in Birmingham
Isle of Wight farmer, Sian Grove, was among a local delegation to travel to the annual NFU Conference, on February 20 and 21, at Birmingham ICC. Over 1,250 farmers attended, including 2024's Young Farmer Ambassadors, of which Sian is a member.
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Crash blocks Whitwell Road near Ventnor
Emergency crews were called to a crash near Ventnor, on Whitwell Road, at the junction with Week Lane and St Lawrence Shute. UPDATE: Injuries in Isle of Wight crash at St Lawrence Shute near Ventnor The road is closed between St Lawrence
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'Experian link is safe' Southern Water tells customers hit by data breach
Southern Water has apologised to scores of customers on the Isle of Wight, after a data breach saw details, including national insurance numbers, dates of birth, sort codes and bank account numbers, stolen. Letters and emails have been arriving
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Here's some sound advice on how to settle the thorny issue of boundary disputes
BELIEVE it or not, according to the Land Registry, if you live in England or Wales, there is usually no record of who owns the hedge, wall, tree or fence between two properties. It is easy to understand why issues with neighbours can arise when
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Tips to make your garden plastic free
Wherever you look in garden centres, your shed or greenhouse, you are likely to find plastic in one form or another. The most obvious include plastic pots, hosepipes, seed trays and watering cans, but there are also items which are less visible
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Weather and travel updates LIVE
8:52am More weather and travel updates for today (Monday, February 26). See here: Isle of Wight weather and travel
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Weather warning now live until Monday morning
An Isle of Wight weather warning for rain is now live, issued by the IW Met Service. It is due to run until 10am tomorrow (Monday). It says we can expect persistent and heavy rain, as much as 20mm widely and 30mm in some parts. An Environment
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Hear from families who shelled out £100 on hotels after Wightlink cancelled sailings
Four hot drink vouchers were offered to an Isle of Wight ferry passenger whose midnight ferry was cancelled, with less than two hours notice, forcing her to shell out £150 on a hotel. Victoria Hobbs was due to get on Wightlink's midnight sailing
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Seven goal thriller for Cowes Sports in Wessex League football
In the Wessex League Premier Division, Cowes Sports hosted Hamble at Westwood Park, on Saturday afternoon and a seven goal thriller ensued. Cowes Sports 4 - 3 Hamble Just 12 minutes in, John McKie won an early goal for The Yachtsmen, with an
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Island Line cancellations tonight - here's when
Some Isle of Wight train services are cancelled this evening (Sunday), between 5pm and 8.30pm. The 5.14pm, 6.14pm, 7.14pm and 8.18pm from Ryde Esplanade, and the 5.47pm, 6.47pm and 7.51pm from Shanklin are all off, with staff shortages being blamed
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Here's why stranded Wightlink passengers were told 'no ferry till 5am'
Isle of Wight ferry passengers booked on Wightlink were left stranded last night (Saturday), when boats were suddenly cancelled. The 10pm departure from Portsmouth and the 11pm from Fishbourne were both scrapped, due to what the operator called
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Shadow boxing and '10 out of 10 drunk' man fled from police
AN ISLE of Wight man who was drunk and in possession of ketamine, and was found shouting and shadow boxing with himself in the street, ran from police and spat at an officer. Jerry Russell, of Gort Road, East Cowes, appeared before Isle of Wight
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'I've yet to meet an Islander who doesn't believe we need special circumstances'
I was out last week in the Camp Road area of Freshwater, chatting to Islanders about what I believe is an inappropriate development there, and it got me thinking that it would be a good time to explain what’s been happening in housing. We won a
