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Police and ambulance crews are attending a single vehicle collision which has blocked a road in Carisbrooke this afternoon (Thursday).  A white Ford Fiesta has crashed into a wall on Castle Road between Carisbrooke Road and Whitepit Lane. The incident...

A motorcyclist has escaped serious injury after colliding with the rear of a stationary vehicle in Lake this evening (Wednesday).  Emergency services were called to the scene on Newport Road outside the Central store at just before 19:25 after a...

UPDATED: Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are attending to a motorcyclist who has been injured in a crash near Carisbrooke this morning (Wednesday). The incident, which has occurred on Middle Road between The Waverley Roundabout and Betty...

PHOTO GALLERY: Hundreds of Islanders have witnessed HMS Queen Elizabeth enter her home port of Portsmouth for the very first time this morning (Wednesday). The 66,000 tonne aircraft carrier made her way up the Eastern Solent from the Nab Tower...

42-year-old Sara Peckham has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in Cowes on Sunday. Peckham appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday) where she was remanded in custody. The accused will appear before Portsmouth Crown...

Wightlink’s new £30million environmentally friendly car ferry for the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route will be named 'Victoria of Wight'. The name was chosen by a panel of staff who considered 186 suggestions from 73 members of staff. Work is well underway on...

UPDATED: Britain's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is set to sail up the Solent and enter her new home in Portsmouth on Wednesday morning (16th August). The 65,000-tonne carrier, the biggest warship ever to be built in Britain, has...

UPDATED: 43-year-old Lee Medley of St Michael's Avenue, Ryde has been charged with rape following an allegation of sexual assault against a female in Newport. Detectives have been investigating an incident which occurred at a property in Newport during the...

UPDATED: Police are attending a significant incident in Totland this evening (Sunday). Officers and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service descended on the grounds of Weston Manor on Moons Hill shortly after 18:30. Although paramedics have now left the scene,...

UPDATED: 2 males have been rescued by Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat after getting caught out by the tide near Shanklin this afternoon (Sunday). The child and a young male - possibly a teenager - have both been rushed ashore...