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Watch the video footage shown in court of the attempted landing incident that resulted in the ‘Drunk driver’ Hovercraft Pilot going to prison today.
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After pleading guilty in September to drunk driving, the Hovercraft pilot today was sentenced in Newport.
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Before the Floating bridge service was suspended due to very high tides (it's back on now), Bella from Girls for Sail videoed the cars gingerly exiting in to the high water in Cowes.
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A council officer was tasked with making sure public money didn't go a company that went bankrupt over a year ago. Instead they paid them over half a million pounds.
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The assault left a man with serious head injuries.
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Last night's fire couldn't have been much more conveniently placed for the fire service.
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Sunday saw the ninth anniversary of OnTheWight (or VentnorBlog as was) and another year of innovation. A big thanks to all our readers and advertisers for their continued support. We couldn't do it without you.
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The council's Cowes Floating bridge consultation is coming under further criticism - this time it's important issues that are said to have been ignored.
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The Sandown 'acid attack' that shocked the Island back in June, leaving a young woman with extensive flesh burns and near-loss of her sight, has concluded its court case.
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We'd be pretty surprised if you don't say 'Ahhh' when you're watching this video of an Isle of Wight wild barn-owl taking its first cautious observations, steps, then flights in to the world. We'd recommend watching the whole way through to avoid missing the delightful surprise.
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During a ten minute conversation with Cllr Richard Priest last week, we put a simple question forward, but had to end up asking it sixteen times, as we couldn't get a straight answer.
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There are quite a few barbs to Bob Blezzard's resignation.
