12 h. ago Fans ‘cannot believe their luck’ as sun shines on Isle of Wight Festival

Thousands of music-lovers are heading on ferries across the Solent for the four-day event.

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7 d. ago Seagull has swastika daubed on its head by sick jailbird at prison that was home to the Krays, Peter Sutcliffe and Gary Glitter

The Lesser Backed Gull - called Belinda - was found at HMP Isle of Wight in Newport with a few feathers pulled out meaning she can no longer fly.

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9 d. ago Husband wanted to 'do the right thing by terminally ill wife' before they plunged to their death with their two Dachshunds off 300ft cliff, friends claim

John and Lynn King, in their 60s, died instantly alongside their two dogs when their silver Ford Mondeo drove off a cliff close to the Needles on the Isle of Wight on Friday evening.

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9 d. ago Tragic last sighting of 'frail wife' and carer husband before they plummeted off 300ft cliff

John and Lynn King died instantly after their Ford Mondeo plummeted 300ft off a cliff on the Isle of Wight on Friday afternoon - with police now investigating the tragedy

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1 week ago Disturbing tragedy of dog owner who died with dachshunds as car plummets 300ft off cliff

Lynn King and her husband John died instantly when their silver Ford Mondeo, which also contained their two Dachshund dogs, plunged off a cliff at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

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1 week ago Revealed: Couple who died with their two dachshunds when their car plummeted 300ft off a cliff were a bus driver and his wife who was so ill and frail she had hardly left home

The tragic couple - named locally today as John and Lynn King - died instantly when their silver Ford Mondeo drove off a cliff close to the Needles on the Isle of Wight on Friday evening.

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1 week ago ‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival

‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’In 1968, when I was 22, my older brother Ronnie got a job as a fundraiser for a swimming pool on the island. I’d done a concert for CND [the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament], so we started talking about doing some sort of festival to raise the money. My younger brother Bill suggested it had to be pop. An agency in London gave Ronnie a list of acts including the Pretty Things, the Move, Fairport Convention, Tyrannosaurus Rex and an American act, Jefferson Airplane. We only had a £750 investment from the Isle of Wight Indoor Swimming Pool Association, but after a friend lent us his £1,000 army pay-off, we managed to book all those bands, sell 10,000 tickets and break even. In the interim, the pool association pulled out because it didn’t like the publicity about hippies, drugs and sex, but they allowed us to use their investment and we were able to pay them back. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Alum Bay crash: All we know as two dead after car plunges off Isle of Wight cliff

Horrified holidaymakers watched on as the car went off a road and over a cliff at Alum Bay in the Isle of Wight, plunging 300ft into the water below, killing two people in the vehicle

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1 week ago Police still probing crash that saw car plunge off 300ft cliff

A car left the road and went crashing into the water at Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight on Friday evening, as holidaymakers looked on in horror.

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1 week ago Two die as car plunges off cliff into sea at popular UK beauty spot

It was reported a man was pulled from the sea by a lifeboat after a car plunged from a cliff at the Isle of Wight

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1 week ago Alum Bay: Two dead as car plunges 300ft off cliff in beauty spot horror

The incident, which happened on Friday night, left two people dead, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police have now confirmed

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1 week ago ‘Gut feeling more important than social media likes’, says festival promoter

Isle of Wight Festival curator John Giddings says headline acts need to be able to ‘deliver’ to a crowd.

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2 w. ago Seaside house prices have plummeted by 20%. Now property experts reveal why... and share incredible bargains with up to £500k off in beautiful towns such as Salcombe, Aldeburgh and Padstow

We're approaching that time of year when, with any luck, the sun shines brightly for more than just a few days and thoughts of owning a home in striking distance of the coast loom large.

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2 w. ago The ultimate guide to rosé: CLAUDIA CONNELL reveals the cheap pink wines that are just as good as the top brands

When the sun starts to shine, out comes the pink wine! For years wine snobs were appalled by the idea of rosé wine, viewing it as strictly for naff, nouveau summer sippers.

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