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Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat received 2 requests for help 1 immediately after the other and both to similar incidents in the Western Solent earlier this afternoon (Thursday). The first request to launch came from Solent Coastguard at 14:21 in response to...

Fears that a large fire had broken out in a multi-storey building on Nelson Street in Ryde prompted a significant response from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service earlier this afternoon (Thursday). 6 appliances from Ryde, East Cowes,...

A 30-year-old man from Cowes has been killed in a road traffic collision between Shalfleet and Porchfield, Hampshire Constabulary have confirmed. Emergency services, including the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, were called to the scene at around 17:50...

A significantly high number of very poorly patients admitted to hospital and ongoing difficulties in discharging patients has resulted in the need to postpone some inpatient surgery at St Mary's Hospital. In the last week (Wednesday 14th to Tuesday 20th...

UPDATED: Emergency services are responding to a serious road traffic collision near Newtown in Porchfield this evening (Wednesday).  An immediate hard road closure has been put in place on Corf Road between Shalfleet and Town Lane, indicating the seriousness of the...

Wightlink has announced that a total of 4 sailings have been cancelled on their Fishbourne-Portsmouth route this coming Friday as a result of staff shortages. Although the early morning and late evening sailings will no doubt cause considerable disruption to...

UPDATED: HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service have rushed to the aid of an injured woman in Bembridge this morning (Wednesday). At around 09:40 paramedics were alerted to the plight of the female who has fallen on the...

UPDATED: Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat and Inshore lifeboat have both launched on service this evening (Tuesday). The D-class Inshore lifeboat has been tasked by Solent Coastguard to assist a 25ft motor cruiser that's become stuck on Bembridge Ledge. A tow...

Southern Water have confirmed that they are to return to Newport Road in Cowes to carry out a further 3 weeks of roadworks as the newly installed water main has failed stringent testing. Despite all the work that have taken...

UPDATED: A lorry and a car have collided at Morton Common, Sandown this lunchtime (Tuesday). Police are in attendance at the scene at junction of Perowne Way and Avenue Road, underneath the railway bridge. They were alerted to the incident at...