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UPDATED: Firefighters are responding to a vehicle fire in Freshwater Bay this afternoon (Monday). A green van has burst into flames in the car park of The Albion Hotel off Gate Lane, sending smoke billowing into the sky. No one is...

UPDATED: The Cowes Floating Bridge is once again out of service after running aground at East Cowes. The troubled vessel was pulled from operation at around 15:00 when the tide fell, leaving Floating Bridge No. 6 high and dry. Although...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has airlifted a seriously ill patient to a mainland hospital from East Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). The bright yellow and green helicopter landed in the marshalling yard of Red Funnel’s East Cowes...

UPDATED: A blanket of thick fog is causing disruption to cross-Solent travel this morning (Saturday). Wightlink have cancelled the 07:00 car ferry from Fishbourne as a result of the conditions, whilst the Yarmouth to Lymington ferry is running with ‘slight...

UPDATED: Police have closed the main road through Brading this evening (Friday) following a road traffic collision between a motorcycle and a pick up. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance on New Road as a result of...

UPDATED: A collision between a Ford KA and a BMW 1 Series is causing delays in Northwood this evening (Friday). The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has 2 ambulances on scene between Newport and Cowes as a result of a...

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has opened an investigation into the death of a Cowes man at HMP Guys Marsh earlier this week. 29-year-old Samuel Groves - also known as Sami Benning - was found dead in his cell at...

Smoke caused by children playing with bangers prompted a call out for the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service earlier this afternoon (Friday). 2 appliances from Freshwater and Ryde were mobilised to Quay Street in Yarmouth at just before...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at an address on St Thomas’ Street in Ryde this afternoon (Thursday) amid fears of a hazardous materials incident. An occupant of the residential property has become ‘overwhelmed’...

Firefighters have this morning (Wednesday) tackled a small kitchen fire at a retirement housing complex in Binstead. 2 appliances from Ryde were mobilised to Farriers on Pitts Lane at just gone 09:30 after a microwave grill caught light. Crews have used...