https://www.thespoof.com/search.cfm?writer=8731 Spoof News and Political Satire by IainB en Copyright 2026, TheSpoof.com Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:28:24 GMT webmaster@thespoof.com webmaster@thespoof.com 60 https://www.thespoof.com/images/logo120x60.gif https://www.thespoof.com/search.cfm?writer=8731 120 60 Spoof News and Political Satire Writing by IainB https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/164065/melania-ticket-stubs-new-requirement-for-an-american-visa After news broke that only one person bought one ticket to see the official London Premiere of Melania, President Trump hit out at the disappointing turnout, stating that he'd added an additional requirement to obtain an American visa. "For any vi… Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:28:24 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/163955/isle-of-wight-news-sandown-cut-off-due-to-roadworks Residents in the popular seaside destination town of Sandown realised today that they are no longer able to leave their village, nor are people able to enter. Roadworks on the A3056 just past Lake Hill removed the last access to the town. After… Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:59:01 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/163952/isle-of-wight-news-exciting-finish-to-2025s-most-inappropriate-town In the fifteenth annual Most Inappropriate Town competition held every other year, there is going to be a new Most Inappropriate Town. In the previous fourteen Most Inappropriate Town competitions, Cowes has won by using the reasoning there are no… Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:29:13 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/163951/isle-of-wight-news-70th-isle-of-wight-marathon-will-be-a-straight-line To celebrate one hundred years of marathon running on the Isle of Wight, the seventieth Isle of Wight marathon will be a straight line across the island. Starting in Bembridge, runners will set off westward to take advantage of the Earth's rotation,… Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:27:41 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/151569/mysterious-mirrored-monolith-on-the-isle-of-wight On Tuesday morning, the residents of Compton were astounded to discover that the Utah monolith had appeared on their beach. The monolith that vanished from Utah, only to appear in Romania, arrived on Tuesday morning, appearing against the World Fa… Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:36:14 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/149172/your-star-sign-has-changed Hot off the press is news that NASA have added a constellation in to the traditional canon of twelve star signs, Ophiuchus. "There's always been a gap in the heavens between Scorpio and Sagittarius," said NASA spokesperson, Katherine Johnson. "Oph… Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:13:44 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/148593/chester-zoo-to-re-open After several high-profile news items depicting various high street retailers sponsoring the animals at Chester Zoo, the zoo has finally been given the go-ahead to re-open on Monday 15th of June. Iceland have sponsored the penguins, Newcastle Unit… Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:33:58 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/features/141096/travel-review-isle-of-man On stepping off the ferry in the quaint port of Douglas, my phone sent me a nice message telling me I was now data roaming. At first I thought that this was because I was in a different country, but it wasn't. It was because I was now in a different… Wed, 06 May 2020 11:47:08 GMT Magazine https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/148216/matt-hancock-surprised-to-discover-isle-of-wight-is-an-island After his surprise discovery that the United Kingdom was an island nation with a busy sea port at Dover, Matt Hancock has now discovered that the Isle of Wight is also an island, but still part of the UK. “To be honest,” he said, “I had confused i… Tue, 05 May 2020 14:09:52 GMT UK Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/148212/new-covid-19-app-to-be-trialled-on-isle-of-wight In some exciting news, the Isle of Wight has been selected by the UK Government to act as a testbed for the new UK Covid-19 Tracing App. This marvellous technology will allow the IOW to re-open for business by using phones to track where everybody… Tue, 05 May 2020 12:36:39 GMT UK Headlines