The Isle of Wight was up against stiff competition, but managed to clinch the top award and the project to reintroduce the white tailed sea eagles to the Island won too
Meteorologists say that radar images of last night's weather, combined with the damage reports, give them high confidence that it was a tornado that hit Cowes
A boulder - that the Fire Service believe was carried in the wind - smashed into a roof last night and a man was taken to hospital. Could this have been the result of a small tornado?