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UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision on Forest Road on the outskirts of Newport this afternoon (Monday), which has led to the main road to Yarmouth becoming blocked. The incident has happened at the cross...

Heavy fog hindered the rescue of an injured paraglider in the West Wight earlier this afternoon (Sunday). At around midday the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service was called to an area of remote downland at Compton, between Brook and Freshwater,...

Those crossing the Solent with Wightlink are facing delays of some 90 minutes this afternoon (Sunday) due to a mechanical breakdown on the Fishbourne to Portsmouth route. Earlier on today the 12:00 sailing from Portsmouth was cancelled, as was the...

A thunderstorm that passed across the Isle of Wight throughout yesterday evening and into the early hours of this morning (Sunday) brought not only amazement, but destruction too. At around 18:00 the claps of thunder and flashes of lightning began...

UPDATED: Firefighters are tonight (Saturday) tackling a large house fire in Bembridge. Crews from Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin are on scene at Egerton Road where the roof of a residential property has burst into flames. A total of 4 appliances, an...

UPDATE: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Egypt Esplanade in Cowes tonight (Saturday). Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene at Egypt Point, at the bottom of Egypt Hill, where it...

UPDATED: Cowes RNLI Lifeboat, Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are attending an incident at Venture Quays in East Cowes tonight (Saturday). It appears a luxury Trimaran sailing vessel has been blown off the dockside and has...

A dog has sadly perished after falling over the cliff edge at The Needles Battery, Alum Bay. Coastguard Rescue Teams from The Needles and Ventnor were called to the battery at the most westerly point of the Isle of Wight...

Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have attended a minor oven fire at a property on the outskirts of Newport this thundery Saturday evening.  2 appliances from Newport were mobilised to Whitepit Lane in Carisbrooke at...

2 young men who were quite literary up the creek without a paddle were rescued by Cowes RNLI Lifeboat last night (Friday) in an operation lasting 2 hours. The men, aged 19 and 20, were in a canoe which became...