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Two fossil-hunting brothers have found a huge prehistoric bone that once belonged to either a straight-tusked elephant or the extinct mammoth. Joe Furguson, 28, and Luke Furguson, 30, found the 3 feet, 3 inch (1 metre) humerus bone near Brighstone Bay on the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight. The astonishing find – which was sticking … Read more
A designer who was one of the first to discover the mysterious monolith that appeared on an Isle of Wight beach has claimed he is responsible for its creation. Tom Dunford, 29, who is from Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight, had initially said he had come across the three-sided metal mirrored construction on Compton Bay on Sunday … Read more
Isle of Wight locals are baffled by the arrival of a monolith as the art collective behind similar shiny statues popping up around the world said the south coast sculpture is not their responsibility. The three-sided metal object was found by beachgoers at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight on Sunday. The Most Famous … Read more
A mysterious monolith has appeared on British shores just days after similar pillars were discovered and removed in America and Romania. The three-sided metal object was found by beachgoers at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight earlier today. Several photos taken from different angles suggest the monolith is buried in the sand and gives … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn escapes Labour anti-Semitism fury – and London’s Tier 2 lockdown – with a weekend on the Tier 1 Isle of Wight with wife Laura Alvarez Maskless ex-opposition leader was pictured on the ferry to the island on Friday Came the day after he was suspended over anti-Semitism probe into Labour 71-year-old MP swapped … Read more
Police rush to oil tanker off Isle of Wight after ‘stowaways attempt to hijack ship’ headed to Southampton from Nigeria Police called after ‘security incident’ on Nave Andromeda off Isle of Wight today Restriction zone of five nautical miles now in place around vessel this afternoon The ship is reportedly Libyan-registered and was set to dock … Read more
Eton College sparks uproar by chopping down beloved 150-year-old oak tree on land it owns 100 miles away on the Isle of Wight to make way for 12 houses Furious locals up in arms after Eton College felled ancient oak without warning Campaigners are fighting to protect other trees on site earmarked for 12 homes … Read more
The enslaved African princess who was Queen Victoria’s goddaughter: New painting of Sarah Forbes Bonetta goes on display at late monarch’s home on the Isle of Wight Portrait of Sarah Forbes Bonetta is displayed at Osborne House on Isle of Wight Sarah was an orphaned princess who became goddaughter to Queen Victoria She took the … Read more
A real Great White! First ever albino all-white SHARK to be caught off Britain is snared near Isle of Wight Jason Gillespie, 50, was deep-sea fishing when he caught the 3ft all-white shark The shark is leucistic, a condition which means it lost all the pigment in its skin Jason quickly snapped some photos before realeasing … Read more
Asylum processing centres could be built on the Isle of Wight, the Shetlands or the Isle of Man, it emerged yesterday. The new ‘offshoring’ proposal – which might also see asylum hostels built on other remote Scottish islands – is part of Priti Patel’s over-arching programme to crackdown on the Channel migrant crisis. Under a … Read more