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Isle of Wight

July 2024

  • An artist's impression of a Comptonatus chasei

    Dinosaur unearthed on Isle of Wight identified as new plant-eating species

  • Shanklin beach on the Isle of Wight.

    For many on the coastal fringes, smaller parties are the way to go

June 2024

  • Volunteers on the beach under the pier examine a pool of water searching for living creatures

    The Great British Seaside
    Life under the pier: ‘It never occurred to me what might be here’

  • Tents pitched in a field at the Isle of Wight festival

    Woman in her 40s dies at Isle of Wight festival campsite

May 2024

  • A lawn with uncut grass with dandelions scattered around, including a bunch of the yellow flowers in the foreground

    No Mow May: councils urge Britons to put away lawnmowers

    Forty local authorities will leave some grass verges and parks uncut as part of annual wildlife-friendly event

January 2024

  • Rob Da Bank with the sauna created by the architect Sami Rintala and the University of Westminster.

    Rob da Bank hopes to make Isle of Wight a sauna hotspot – with a spare from Finland

    The DJ waxes lyrical about the benefits of sweating profusely and is a step closer to creating the UK’s ‘sauna isle’

September 2023

  • A grab of CCTV footage showing Sgt Simon Lythgoe using 'extreme' force against a detainee in custody.

    Hampshire police officer sacked for using ‘extreme’ force against detainees

    Force apologises to victims, who included a traumatised woman, for Sgt Simon Lythgoe’s ‘inexcusable’ behaviour

June 2023

  • Vectipelta barretti

    Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species

    Creature has been named Vectipelta barretti after Prof Paul Barrett of London’s Natural History Museum

July 2022

  • NHS liveried drone

    NHS to test using drones to fly chemotherapy drugs to Isle of Wight

    Trial will take treatments from Portsmouth to St Mary’s hospital and health service plans similar drops elsewhere in England

June 2022

  • artwork of spinosaur

    Bones found on Isle of Wight may be from Europe’s biggest predator dinosaur

  • Bob Seely on the Peston show

    MP denies voting to keep Johnson in return for Isle of Wight ‘bag of cash’

February 2022

  • Officer holding up deceased eagle by wings.

    Police investigate deaths of two eagles reintroduced to Isle of Wight

    Dorset police appeal for information after white-tailed eagles found dead in south of England

January 2022

  • Jeremy Lockwood has made two big dinosaur discoveries on the Isle of Wight this year

    The Isle of Wight’s dinosaur hunter: we’re going to need a bigger museum

    Jeremy Lockwood spent lockdown identifying two specimens – and is a ‘bit obsessed’ in his search for more

November 2021

  • The distinctive head of new dinosaur species Brighstoneus simmondsi

    New species of big-nosed dinosaur discovered by retired doctor

    Nasal bone distinguishes herbivore Brighstoneus simmondsi, whose skull was found on the Isle of Wight

September 2021

  • The two new species of dinosaur that may have once roamed what is now the Isle of Wight 125m years ago.

    Fossilised ‘hell heron’ dinosaur unearthed on Isle of Wight

    Discovery along with another species enhances island’s reputation as Europe’s best place to find dinosaurs

March 2021

  • Lewis Capaldi, who was scheduled to headline Isle of Wight festival.

    Isle of Wight festival moves to September as Download and Primavera cancel

    Events originally scheduled for June are postponed and cancelled, as sector continues to press UK government for insurance scheme

January 2021

  • Hannah Ewens

    Why was the Isle of Wight left so vulnerable to Covid catastrophe?

    Hannah Ewens
  • An RAF Chinook helicopter landing by an ambulance near St Mary’s Hospital, on the Isle of Wight, last April to test methods of patient transfer to the mainland.

    Military helicopters may be sent to evacuate Covid patients from Isle of Wight

December 2020

  • A sailboat close to the Nave Andromeda oil tanker in Southampton docks after the incident in October

    Two men charged over alleged Isle of Wight oil tanker hijacking

    Investigation ongoing into 25 October incident involving Nave Andromeda vessel
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