That’s nuts! Moment stunned couple are joined by NINE red squirrels while eating dinner on their veranda By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 16:51 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 17:18 BST, 17 June 2020 A couple were stunned when they were joined by some unexpected dinner guests – a scurry of nine red squirrels. … Read more
The Isle of Wight certainly punches above its weight. Measuring just 23 miles by 13, this small island off the Hampshire coast is bursting with a history that goes back to the age of dinosaurs, and along the way has been called home by wealthy Romans and Queen Victoria. Even the wildlife sets it apart … Read more
210-pound ammonite Pictured, an ammonite which has been described as a ‘behemoth’ and as ‘truly titanic’ An enormous fossil weighing almost 210 pounds and measuring around two feet in diameter was found on the Isle of Wight in 2020. The ammonite was spotted and pried loose of surrounding rock by university students Jack Wonfor, 19, and Theo … Read more
The NHS’s long-awaited coronavirus contact tracing app could be an effective way to cut down new cases and stop the spread of the disease, a trial on the Isle of Wight has suggested. Just two new cases of the illness have been discovered on the island, which is home to around 140,000 people, since the app’s … Read more
The NHS’s long-awaited coronavirus contact tracing app could be an effective way to cut down new cases and stop the spread of the disease, a trial on the Isle of Wight has suggested. Just two new cases of the illness have been discovered on the island, which is home to around 140,000 people, since the app’s … Read more
Teetering on the brink: Incredible picture shows home ‘hanging’ over cliff edge after large landslide causes firefighters to evacuate 20 homes in Kent People in 20 properties were swiftly evacuated from Surf Crescent in Eastchurch Cliff erosion sparked immediate fears that homes could fall into the sea A local resident described one home as ‘hanging’ off … Read more
Teetering on the brink: Incredible picture shows home ‘hanging’ over cliff edge after large collapse overnight causes firefighters to evacuate 20 homes in Kent People in 20 properties were swiftly evacuated from Surf Crescent in Eastchurch Cliff erosion sparked immediate fears that homes could fall into the sea A local resident described one home as ‘hanging’ … Read more
NHS contact tracing app in chaos before June deadline: Advisers complain about mainlanders downloading it in Isle of Wight trial and only one inhabitant has reported getting an alert Mail on Sunday found just one person on Isle of Wight who had received warning The Government has already admitted the app won’t be ready for … Read more
NHS contact tracing app in chaos before June deadline: Advisers complain about mainlanders downloading it in Isle of Wight trial and only one inhabitant has reported getting an alert Mail on Sunday found just one person on Isle of Wight who had received warning The Government has already admitted the app won’t be ready for … Read more
The Isle of Islay is closer to the ‘island of Ireland’ (as politicians call it when squabbling over the EU ‘backstop’) than it is to Scotland’s big cities. Out there, in other words. And yet for a first-timer it seems like a microcosm of Scotland as a whole, with its mountains, heathered moorland, grazing sheep, … Read more