"Is it an aircraft, or is it a ship?", asked The Times correspondent who'd been given the enviable task of wandering down to the shores of the Solent on a summer's day in 1959 to report on the initial ...

An award-winning underwater photographer has captured the extraordinary world in the Solent. Theo Vickers is a marine biologist based on the Isle of Wight who uses his photography to advocate for ...

The Solent is unique: a recreational playground (the busiest for boating in the UK) and an area steeped in history and natural beauty, with pretty fishing ports, islands and a wealth of activities in ...

Along the seafront at Lee-on-the-Solent, opposite the slipway, lies an entrance to what was HMS Daedalus but now leads to the Hovercraft Museum '“ the only hovercraft museum in the world. Did you know ...

In a small, simple building near the water in Southampton, England stands the Solent Sky museum. Dedicated to flying boats and other aircraft built in the Southampton and Solent area, like the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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