Bembridge, United Kingdom News

Lady Pigot, left, presenting a cheque to fundraiser Karen Eeles, of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, and several other charities.

Nearly 500 homes on the Isle of Wight will be at risk of flooding if the current defences are not maintained, the Environment Agency has said.

DOG micro-chipping will be available at a reduced rate in Arreton and Rookley tomorrow .

Boatyard owner Jim Robinson inspects the badly damaged outboard after thieves targeted his premises at the weekend.

DAYS before a public inquiry into increased boat ownersa TM fees at Bembridge Harbour, the trust that wants to buy it has produced an in-depth survey into the state of the haven.

MOST schools are expected to re-open tomorrow , nearly a week after heavy snowfall hit the Island.

Sixties music star Jet Harris, who lives in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight and was bass guitarist with the legendary Shadows, is made an MBE for his services to music.

THE Solent Coastguard helicopter was scrambled on Christmas Eve, after a pile of clothes was found at Culver Cliff.

THE multi-million-pound redevelopment of Bembridge Lifeboat boathouse can go ahead.

The sea wall which is in poor condition in places. If it, and the dunes behind, were breached it is feared the entire harbour could be radically altered.

Firefighters pumping water out of the sinking houseboat, in Bembridge. Picture by Chris Thwaites.

Bembridge Offshore Lifeboat coxswain Steve Simmonds, left, receives the A 3,000 cheque from Wight Spirit skipper and co-owner Stefan Mieczkowski.

CROSS the Channel with Le Shuttle for just 15. Eurotunnel has 15,000 crossings for 15 to celebrate 15 years of operation.

Peter Dymond from New Milton, Hampshire, a former Chief Coastguard at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and now Project Manager for the volunteer Coastguard Rescue Service, has been awarded the OBE for services to HM Coastguard, Maritime Safety and UK search and rescue.

UNLESS politicians come up with long-term solutions to global warming, Island coastal towns will be submerged by rising tides, an engineer warned at the first Climate Change and Civil Engineering Conference on the Isle of Wight.

POLICE on the Isle of Wight have launched a community crackdown on antisocial behaviour on National Trust land on the Island.

BEMBRIDGE Parish Council has agreed to refinance its A 111,000 loan from the Public Works Loan Board.

That is the proportion that wanted troops home immediately. A further 38% favoured the withdrawal of most troops soon, with final remnants to leave within roughly a year, according to the Channel 4 News/YouGov poll a ' the story forgot to mention this 38% group .

WARTIME entertainer Dame Vera Lynn is to visit the Isle of Wight on Armistice Day, at the invitation of two Island schools.

Stroud Rambling Club IOW holiday EARLY in September, 19 members of the Stroud Rambling Club journeyed by coach to the Southhampton ferry terminal en-route to the Hambledon Hotel, Shanklin to experience a week's walking on the Isle of Wight.