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Midweek Wessex League football round up: Island sides punished on the road
All three of the Isle of Wight's most competitive football sides returned to league action tonight (Thursday) In the Wessex Premier Division, Cowes Sports travelled to Lymington Sports Ground to take on Hythe and Dibden. The visitors were the
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Emergency crews 'called to Ventnor town centre'
2:15pm A man has died after suffering a medical episode in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Read more: Multiple emergency
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Police alerted to two separate crashes on The Downs Road
TWO crashes on a major Isle of Wight road have been causing traffic delays this afternoon (Thursday). At around 5pm, police were called to The Downs Road, near its junction with Brading Down Road and Ashey Road, after a report of a two-vehicle
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New photos released over fears for missing man Alan Souter
New pictures have been released of a man missing on the Isle of Wight, as police appeal for information. UPDATE: A body has been found, police confirm. Photos of Mr Souter have therefore been removed from this article. Alan Souter, 62, was
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Traffic delays after crashes on Downs Road
8:26pm The road has now reopened. 6:13pm
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OJ Simpson dies aged 76
OJ Simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76. Simpson was a running back for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers from 1969 to 1979, before being acquitted of murder in a trial in the mid-1990s. News of Simpson’s death was announced
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Were tide levels on Monday actually the highest on record?
Parts of the Isle of Wight's coast saw the second highest tides on record on Monday, April 9, the Environment Agency has confirmed. In Cowes, where the high street was swamped and businesses were badly hit, peak tide levels were just 9cm short
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Island woman with rare conditions realises shop "dream" with husband
An Isle of Wight woman battling rare health conditions has realised her "dream" of running a shop, alongside her husband, in Ryde. Kelly Murdoch, from St Helens, has gone from being house bound to opening Ztam & Co with husband, Dee. Featuring
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Final week for postal registration for Walk the Wight
Postal registration for this year’s Walk the Wight is only available for one more week. Mountbatten’s flagship event takes place on Sunday, May 12, but packs and walker numbers can only be sent in the post to those who register before 9am on Thursday
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Bonchurch's Nick throws record-breaking distance
An incredible throw of 67.73 metres has made Isle of Wight athlete, Nick Percy a record-breaker. The discus star is celebrating beating his own Scottish record (which stood at 65 metres), as well as throwing an Olympic-standard distance at the
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Here's how to see Me and My Girl on the Isle of Wight
Island Savoyards are back on stage at Shanklin Theatre this month, with the musical comedy, Me And My Girl. With music written by Noel Gay and story and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose, it had its first successful run in the West End
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Monitoring equipment to be installed on Leeson Road — four months after landslip
Specialist equipment to determine whether a main road between Shanklin and Ventnor on the Isle of Wight can reopen could finally be installed next week, four months after the route was closed due to one of the largest landslides ever recorded in the
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Wootton man charged after dual carriageway crash involving 'stolen' car
A Wootton man has been charged following a four vehicle crash in Newport on the Isle of Wight. George James Swain, 25, of Mary Rose Avenue in Wootton, is due to appear in court tomorrow (April 11). He has been charged with aggravated vehicle
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Prolific Island shoplifter Warren Russell jailed after breaching court order
An habitual Isle of Wight shoplifter has been jailed for more than six months for breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). Warren Russell, 40, of no fixed abode, also pleaded guilty to two charges of theft from a shop. Russell was handed
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Car involved in dual carriageway crash believed stolen
A man detained on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent, following a crash on Medina Way in Newport on the Isle of Wight yesterday (Wednesday, April 10), has been further arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, driving without insurance
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Police appeal to help find missing Freshwater man
Isle of Wight Police have appealed for help to find missing man Alan Souter. UPDATE Friday April 12: A body has been found by police The 62-year-old from Freshwater was last seen at about 4.15pm on Monday at The Needles. He is described
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Isle of Wight football for Thursday, April 11
In Isle of Wight football tonight (Thursday, April 11)... Wessex League, Premier Division: Hythe & Dibden v Cowes Sports (7.45pm). Wessex League, Division 1: Cove v East Cowes Vics (7.45pm); Romsey Town v Newport (7.45pm). Isle of Wight
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Isle of Wight business in the race for Small Tech Company of the Year
An Isle of Wight digital studio has been nominated for an award. Brightbulb is in the running for the Global Business Tech Awards under the Small Tech Company of the Year category. The nomination recognises Brightbulb's 'excellence, innovation
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Royal Mail seizes man's drugs he bought for £90 on Snapchat
An Isle of Wight man has been fined after a package of drugs he bought on Snapchat for £90 was seized at a Royal Mail sorting office. Matthew Johnson, of Sandown Road, Lake, pleaded guilty to possession of a class C controlled drug at the Isle