Isle of Wight County, England News

A violent robber is due to appear at the Court of Appeal after prosecutors applied for his sentence to be increased.

Superintendent Michael W. McPherson, who has come under fire for waiting until 7:15 a.m. Nov.

Defence giant BAE Systems is planning to axe up to 640 jobs following a review of its workload.

BBC radio presenter sparks complaints by playing When Harry Met Sally 'orgasm' clip on school-run show By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:54 PM on 19th November 2009 Angry parents have heavily criticised the BBC today after a radio presenter played a clip of a woman in the throes of an orgasm during the school run.

Ascension : Met Office Ascension Island Base Submitted by The Islander 19.11.2009 Statistics for the week ending Monday 22-Nov-09 Autumn storms batter Southern Britain Last week saw a very unsettled spell of weather develop across the UK , as Atlantic lows ran up from the Southwest to bring spells of heavy rain and strong winds.

VOTING to choose the members of the Isle of Wight Youth Council for 2010 gets underway on Monday, November 30.

MORE cars have been targetted by vandals after six windscreens were broken in Carisbrooke Park in the early hours of Sunday.

Police have renewed an appeal for information about a road crash involving a 12-year-girl in Newport.

EIGHT tankers anchored off the Isle of Wight coastline are due to dock at a Hampshire oil refinery this weekend.

TWO microlights found themselves in the flight-path of 26 military planes en route to the Queen's birthday celebrations, a report has revealed.

A white wooden cross stands guard over the stretch of U.S. 258 where Amy Pippin died when her car crashed into an oncoming tractor-trailer during the Nov.

AN ELECTRICAL fault caused a fire at a property in East Cowes yesterday . Firefighters from East Cowes and Newport were called to a house in Yarborough Road, at around noon, when one person had to be evacuated.

A 12-YEAR-OLD Newport girl is today fighting for her life after being involved in a collision with a car last night.

Residents will have a last chance Thursday to tell county leaders what they think about American K-9 Interdiction's proposal to open a military dog training facility in Walters.

Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella died today at the age of 54. He suffered complications following surgery last week for cancer of the tonsils and neck, his agent said.

Cries for help from a man who died after getting stuck in a storm drain were ignored by neighbours because they thought it was simply drunken antics, an inquest heard today.

A CYCLIST was seriously injured after a road traffic collision in Wootton on Saturday.

Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide described the storm, which struck Southern England and Wales last Friday night, November 13, as the "strongest storm of the season." Winds gusting up to 160 kilometers per hour were recorded on the Isle of Wight; 96 km/h gusts were recorded in Southampton and as far inland as parts of London.

'Sad reflection on society': Neighbours ignored death cries of man trapped in drain thinking it was a drunken prank By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:17 PM on 17th November 2009 Inquest: Mark Wells, 32, suffocated in a storm drain The death cries of a man trapped head-first down a storm drain went ignored by his neighbours in what a coroner ...

A list of Britain's top 50 unsung heroes has been drawn up to mark the 15th anniversary on Thursday of the National Lottery.