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Bright flashing star over the Island But what is it? PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 05 January 2010 12:35
The New Star!
Have you seen the flashing star?

For months now there have been sightings of a flashing star over the Isle of Wight, some think it's Sirus, others think it's a satellite and some people even think it's a sign of their awaited Teacher returning.

But we deluge deeper and find this 'new star'' is visible throughout the world, night and day. Sightings of the star haver been reported all over the world and growing in numbers daily The first noted reporting was back on the 26th December 2008 in Holland.

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WARNING! Paypal UK Pre Paid Top Up Card provided by Royal Bank of Scotland PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 05 December 2009 08:49

You Have Funds But Can't Have Them

An email dropped into our mailbox from an IYP reader a couple of days ago concerned about the way Paypal & RBS run this new top-up card service. If you have one of the 'award winning cards' then you might want to read on.

If you have any problems regarding Paypal then please let us know!  Links and information to help will be listed below letter.

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Woman taken to hospital, hurt by bus in Newport town PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 03 December 2009 15:58

A woman has been taken to St Marys hospital after a collision with a Southern Vectis bus in the centre of Newport town.

Police have since closed the bus lane at the junction of the High Street and Pyle Street, as they investigate how she was injured.

It happened at around 2:20pm on Thursday afternoon. The woman was first treated at the scene for head injuries which are not thought to be life threatening. The number 1 bus service is currently effected by the road closure and there are delays of around 10 mins because of slow moving traffic.

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Pandemic H1N1 flu virus found in pigs in Norfolk PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 03 December 2009 09:35

Swine Flu Confirmed In Norfolk Pigs

A sixth case of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus in pigs has today been confirmed in the UK.

Pigs on a farm in Norfolk have been confirmed as having a strain of influenza commonly known as ‘swine flu’ in people. This follows earlier cases in Northern Ireland. Routine scanning surveillance has confirmed that the strain of the virus found is virtually identical to strains currently circulating in humans. It is not uncommon for pigs to be affected by influenza. Influenza in pigs is not a notifiable disease.

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Calls on sector to lead the way! Nuclear power stations could be the in thing PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 03 December 2009 09:21

Dungeness Nuclear Power Station

The future of a climate resilient Britain depends on the engineering sector’s response to the challenge. That’s the message from Environment Secretary Hilary Benn speaking at the joint Defra and Engineering the Future Conference.

Mr Benn called on the sector to lead the way in building Britain’s future infrastructure - from transport networks to nuclear power stations to withstand the changes to our climate.

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