Isle of Wight

Mail strikes spawn cheaper rivals

Robert Watts and Georgia Warren THE deal to suspend postal strikes has come too late to save Royal Mail from a new wave of competitors. Royal Mail lost its monopoly on the service in 2003. One entrepreneur is about to launch an...

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Isle of Wight County asks governor to approve incentive package

ISLE OF WIGHT — Local economic development officials have asked Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to designate the International Paper Corp.'s 1,100 acres in southern Isle of Wight County as a special enterprise zone, which would open the...

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Hi, I'm Sendy from the Isle of Wight in the UK, I've been making electronic music since the early nineties (started tracking on the Amiga) and have always had a love for breakbeat tomfoolery for some reason, ever since I was...

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Dylan Jones: 'For a period in the Sixties, Eel Pie Island became so popular it even began issuing...

If you take a train to Twickenham, to the west of London, and then walk down to the edge of the Thames, you will discover a magical place that feels as though it's from another era. People like to say that the Isle of Wight...

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The Pixies - Pixies Headline Benefit To Save Baby

PIXIES HEADLINE BENEFIT TO SAVE BABY PIXIES ANNOUNCE ISLE OF WIGHT AS ONLY UK FESTIVAL SHOW PIXIES HEADLINE BENEFIT TO SAVE BABY Reformed rockers THE PIXIES are trying to save a baby's life by headlining a Los Angeles benefit...

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Tender: Portsmouth: renal dialysis consumables

UK-Portsmouth: renal dialysis consumables SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Address: Organisation: Solent Supplies Team, Unit 18, Solent Industrial Estate, Hedge End Further information...

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Village store opens in pub

Landlady Sue Smith has opened a store inside The Sutherland Arms in Tibberton, near Newport A Shropshire landlady has come to the rescue of villagers who faced travelling miles to their nearest shop – by opening a store for...

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Incubator containing sick newborn baby shatters as ambulance and car collide, killing driver

A man was killed today when the car he was driving collided head-on with an ambulance responding to a 999 call for a seriously-ill baby. When the ambulance collided with the car, the child was flung across the cabin shattering...

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World's largest and most lavish cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge before sailing into...

One of them dominates the view across the Solent - and the other is the Isle of Wight. Named Oasis of the Seas, the 20-storey, 1,180ft monster is due to enter British waters in order to drop off hundreds of workers who have...

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National park clears toxic plants

Jan Scott burned her legs on the sap of the giant hogweed A woman who was burnt by the toxic sap of a plant is helping to highlight a project to eradicate the species in the New Forest and Isle of Wight. Jan Scott, who lives in...

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