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HERE is a round up of some of the cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court, for the week commencing December 30, 2024. Freya Jones, 36, of Hillcrest Road, Rookley. Failure to comply with requirements of community order. Eight-week prison term, suspended for 12 months. Daniel Jeavons, 32, of Cross Street, Ryde. Failure to comply … Read more
A GP jailed after sabotaging petrol pumps for Just Stop Oil (JSO) said he had “no greater duty as a doctor” than climate protest. Dr Patrick Hart, 38, caused thousands of pounds of damage to petrol pumps at an M25 service station by smashing them with a hammer and chisel and spraying them with orange … Read more
How do you fancy writing in the same home that was the favourite retreat of literary giants like Alfred Lord Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, Siegfried Sassoon and TE Lawrence? Sounds like a perfect place to start that first novel. Or indeed, to simply enjoy the beautiful village of Carne, just outside Dorchester in Dorset, a 2hr … Read more
Four years ago, Caroline Darian thought she had a normal life. She was in her early 40s, she had a home in the Paris area, a job as a communications manager, a husband who worked for a TV breakfast show and a six-year-old son. She got on well with her parents, who had retired to … Read more
A SIX-BEDROOM 19th century farmhouse near Grosmont has gone on the market for just shy of £1million. The property on the banks of Tresenny Brook has been listed by agents Knight Frank for £995,000. The unlisted house is “an attractive two-storey farmhouse probably dating from the mid-19th century, incorporating a stone barn that was converted … Read more
We’ve all been on long road trips where we’ve been craving food, but the grub from the services just won’t hit the spot. What you need is a good pub meal. But there is nothing worse than having to do a major detour off the motorway to find the perfect spot. Well if you are … Read more
A NEWPORT drug dealer has been jailed for two years and nine months for supplying a class A drug across the city. Ryan Hiscocks, 32, of Ringwood Hill in Ringland, Newport, was facing charges of conspiring to supply cocaine and being concerned in the supply of cocaine over a three month period, October 2023 to January … Read more
-Credit:PDC I’m not a diehard follower of darts by any means. I take an interest, particularly when Jonny Clayton, who is one of my best friends, is playing, and I have fond memories of watching the likes of Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow on the BBC growing up, so I do watch it and enjoy … Read more
-Credit:Isaac Marsh. Isaac Marsh is on a mission to become a professional rugby player. The 24-year-old was previously on the books with Gloucester, but left a few years ago. He’s now at Cardiff Met, and alongside his successful coaching business, he’s attempting to become an elite-level sportsman. Using his coaching platform of ‘Kaizen Rugby’, Marsh … Read more
We are only a few days in to the new year and perhaps many of us have a list of things we want to do within 2025. While some of us are already dreaming about our next holiday abroad, perhaps others are looking for things to do a bit closer to home. Wales is filled … Read more