Firefighters from Freshwater are reminding Islanders to get their chimneys swept regularly after dealing with a chimney fire in the West Wight this evening...
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Wightlink have announced that a number of sailings on their Yarmouth-Lymington service will be cancelled tomorrow morning (Monday). Due to reduced power on one...
Police are investigating a serious sexual assault against a 15-year-old girl which is reported to have taken place just off Coppins Bridge in Newport last...
Adverse weather conditions have resulted in the cancellation of some cross-Solent services this morning (Sunday). Red Funnel have confirmed that their hi-speed...
A number of sailings on Wightlink’s Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry service have been cancelled today (Saturday) due to a lack of staff. Those travelling to...
Firefighters from Ryde and Shanklin have responded to a washing machine fire at a property in Sandown this lunchtime (Saturday). 2 appliances and an officer...
A man has been airlifted to Southampton General Hospital following a medical emergency at a property in Lake, which required the assistance of both paramedics...
A car has ploughed into a wall surrounding a church in Sandown this morning (Saturday), prompting a call out for the emergency services. Police, fire and...
Police, HM Coastguard, WightSAR and Cowes RNLI are searching the Newport area for a vulnerable man who has gone missing from St Mary’s Hospital. A large-scale...
Firefighters were mobilised to a garage fire in an affluent area of Ryde overnight. 1 appliance from Ryde was mobilised to Spencer Road in the town at 03:37...
The temporary master of the Red Funnel ferry which sunk a yacht and ran aground off East Cowes became ‘cognitively overloaded due to high stress’...
Homes in Upper Ventnor are currently experiencing a loss of water tonight (Wednesday) after a water main burst. Southern Water engineers are currently at the...
HM Coastguard conducted a shoreline search between Seaview and Appley this morning (Wednesday) following reports of palm oil being sighted on the beach...
A section of Culver Cliff fell and produced a cloud of dust, prompting a call out for HM Coastguard yesterday afternoon (Monday). Members of the public...
Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance is attending a medical emergency in Lake this afternoon (Monday). The life-saving helicopter was piloted across 2 counties...
Police are investigating the theft of a safe from a funeral home in Newport over the weekend. Investigations are taking place at the Co-Operative Funeral...
