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A country lane with grass on either side of the road and a red brick property to left and a cream smaller house on the right. There is a road sign before the house that reads "30mph" and an area sign that reads "Edgmond Marsh".

Christmas tree-shaking mini earthquake recorded

Saturday evening's quake is recorded as having a magnitude of 1.8 on the Richter scale.

A group of astronomers, silhouetted looking at sky in the Dark Skies Reserve of Bannau Brycheiniog in south Wales

Astronomers ready for dazzling but brief celestial show after 80-year wait

Astronomers are poised to see a star system about 3,000 light years away explode into brightness.

Science & Environment

Shop shelves lined with colourful vape products

Illegal vapes and tobacco worth £2m seized

Large amounts of illegal vape and tobacco products have been seized in 15 months.

Tayce dancing with Kai Widdrington on Strictly. Tayce is wearing a short gold fitted dress and has long blonde hair. Kai is wearing a sheer black and silver shirt and black trousers and there is a Christmas tree in the background

Strictly to feature first drag queen competitor

Already a Ru Paul's Drag Race UK finalist, Tayce from Newport is now chasing a glitterball trophy.

Ms Ferguson is in a baby blue knitted turtleneck jumper and is sitting at a table that has a red and green striped tablecloth. She has short white hair and is smiling. Behind her is a wooden cabinet with a blue lamp and glass bottles on it.

Volunteer invited to Westminster Abbey carols

Louise Ferguson was invited because of her years of volunteering at Boughey Gardens tennis club.

Dee Montague-Coast is looking at the camera smiling. She has short black hair, and is wearing a green cardigan with a sheep pattern on. There is a Christmas tree in the background, in her Newport flat.

Colleagues thought I was faking endometriosis pain

Dee Montague-Coast left her job after colleagues questioned whether her symptoms were fabricated.

Dee Montague-Coast

Endometriosis cost me my job

Dee Montague-Coast's former colleagues raised questions over whether her symptoms were fabricated.

A view of the Vesta site on the Isle of Wight. It is an overcast day.

Islanders fear impact of potential Vestas job losses

The company says it hopes to give more clarity about jobs when its consultation period ends.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Police car across a road with lights flashing, police officers, cordon and other vehicles can be seen in the distance behind a traffic light crossing - it is dark.

Pedestrian dies in motorbike crash

The man was struck by a motorcycle on the main route through Newport in the early hours.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight