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The area hit by the fast-moving water is especially popular around the July 4 holiday, making it more difficult to know how many are missing.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Islamic and right-wing extremism remain Britain’s “biggest threats” ahead of the 20th anniversary of the July 7 bombings. On July 7 2005, four suicide bombers ...
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has called for the creation of 12-15 mega forces as part of what he described as “the first serious reform of our policing model in over 60 years”.
Town and parish councils offer a real opportunity for direct engagement. They are hyper-local democracy in action. They’re made up of our neighbours, our friends, the people who share our frustrations ...
The Peppered Moth, Biston betularia, is a relatively common, although declining, night-flying moth found in varying numbers in the UK. It has three forms. The typical f. betularia is usually white ...
A TEENAGER involved in a gang attack on an 11-year-old boy at an Isle of Wight skate park has avoided jail. Levi Taylor, now 18, of George Street, Ryde, was in possession of the child's stolen ...
A Grade II listed Isle of Wight fort dating back to the late 1700s is up for sale. Fort Norris, on Millfield Avenue in East Cowes, is on the market through agents Susan Payne Property with a guide ...
An Isle of Wight sailing spectacle is set to attract hundreds of spectators as the Rolex Fastnet Race will start in Cowes later this month (July). The 100th anniversary of the race will start on the ...
The Pickaquoy Centre, known locally as 'Picky', will be a pivotal venue, with Team Isle of Wight's athletes, badminton players and swimmers competing there. Kirkwall Grammar School and Stromness ...
Football paid its respects to Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at their funeral in Portugal. On the field, defending ...
Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner continued on their semi-final collision course with routine wins at Wimbledon on Saturday. Attention turns back to British hopes on Sunday, with Sonay Kartal and ...