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Royal Navy carrier’s departure for major repairs delayed

The departure of beleaguered Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales to head for repairs has been delayed after engineers were not able to remove the damaged propeller in time. The £3 billion warship broke down off the Isle of Wight in ...

03 Oct 2022 at 17:49

‘Manage Britain’s water now or face future of emergency bottled supplies’

Infrastructure advisers are calling for a national hosepipe ban and compulsory water metering as the nation braces for drought. The National Infrastructure Committee (NIC) has said water needs to start being managed better across the UK, ...

31 Jul 2022 at 09:29

Sunak flags hosepipe ban compensation as Truss says more ‘needs to be done’

Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak wants to look at introducing compensation if a hosepipe ban is a direct consequence of water companies’ failures. The former chancellor told The Daily Telegraph he would consider introducing the ...

04 Aug 2022 at 07:02

Neighbours asked to grass on hosepipe rule-breakers

Gardeners are being encouraged to grass on their green-fingered neighbours if they spot them repeatedly breaching hosepipe bans. Rule-breakers face fines of up to £1,000 if taken to court, although water companies say they prefer ...

05 Aug 2022 at 17:32

Neighbours asked to grass on hosepipe rule-breakers

05 Aug 2022 at 14:44

Drones deliver prescription medicines for pharmacy for first time

Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to deliver prescription medicines by drone. The retailer shipped medicines from Thorney Island, near Portsmouth, to the Isle of Wight. It said that using the ...

27 Jul 2022 at 13:54

First hosepipe ban of the year to be imposed

The first hosepipe ban of the year is to come into force following the recent heatwave and one of the driest starts to the year on record. Southern Water is to impose the temporary use ban on its customers in ...

29 Jul 2022 at 16:59

Storm Eunice’s 122mph gust: How it compares with other UK wind speeds

Storm Eunice has seen wind speeds reach 122mph at the Needles on the Isle of Wight, provisionally the highest gust ever recorded in England, according to the Met Office. Here is how this gust compares with ...

18 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Police probe after two white-tailed eagles reintroduced to England found dead

Two of the white-tailed eagles reintroduced on the Isle of Wight have been found dead, police have said. Some 25 of the birds of prey, nicknamed “flying barn doors” because of their 8ft (2.4m) wingspan, ...

10 Feb 2022 at 15:55

UK’s first hybrid high-speed passenger ferries being built

The UK’s first hybrid high-speed passenger ferries are being built to cut emissions on commuter services in London. Uber Boat by Thames Clippers announced it will operate two vessels which will run ...

19 Jan 2022 at 15:55

Man jailed for hitting blind wife on head with meat cleaver

A man who struck his blind wife in the head with a meat cleaver because she had knocked his Xbox and television over has been jailed for nine years. Jonathan Eldridge had been out drinking on ...

01 Sept 2022 at 14:15

Naval destroyer sailors rescue crew of yacht sinking off the Isle of Wight

Sailors from a Royal Navy air defence destroyer have rescued four people after their yacht began to sink off the Isle of Wight. HMS Diamond had just left Portsmouth Naval Base, Hampshire, on ...

11 Nov 2022 at 17:14

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