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Isle of Wight resident ‘disappointed’ at not having mobile phone hacked

‘It would be quite handy if some public-spirited journalist was picking up my messages for me then printing them in large type in a newspaper.’

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Posted: Jul 8th, 2011
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Isle of Wight braces itself for flares to drainpipes switchover

‘T-Day is upon us,’ town crier and sartorial policy maker Marvin Burridge told a torch-bearing mob. ‘Failure to change over in a timely manner will result in a noticeable degradation in your street-cred.’

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Posted: May 5th, 2011
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Isle of Wight opens ‘CodgerWorld’, Britain’s first theme park for the elderly

‘Our centre offers the perfect place to keep the island’s key demographic occupied,’ said founder, Margret Briscoe, ‘and is ideally situated just a short bus ride from Sandown’s glamorous benches, bingo halls and fracture clinic.’

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Posted: Apr 14th, 2011
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Figgy pudding stand-off enters tense fifth minute

Roy Walsh, a retired civil servant from Freshwater, Isle of Wight, is continuing to defy a large gang of adults and children who, he claims, have camped outside his house with lanterns and songsheets, demanding to be served figgy pudding.

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Posted: Dec 19th, 2010
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Local council extends topless sunbathing ban to overweight men

Council officials on the Isle of Wight have extended an island-wide ban on topless sunbathing to overweight men, it has been revealed today. From Colwell to Yaverland, specially-trained wardens will patrol the island’s beaches and issue fines to anyone caught transgressing the ban.

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Posted: Jul 14th, 2010
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