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UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Parkhurst Road, Newport this morning (Friday). Traffic is building in the area following the smash outside HMP Isle of Wight at just before 06:20. The main Newport to Cowes road remains...

Police are investigating a series of criminal damage to a total of 16 vehicles in East Cowes overnight. Vehicles parked in Adelaide Grove, Victoria Grove and Vectis Road were targeted at around midnight this morning (Thursday). The damage includes smashed...

UPDATED: An elderly man has tonight (Wednesday) been rescued by firefighters after a fire broke out in the kitchen of his flat in Lake.  Fire crews from Ryde and Sandown were called to a block of flats on Lea Road...

UPDATED: 2 appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at Green Street in Ryde this evening (Wednesday) amid fears of a house fire. Firefighters are using a thermal imaging camera to check for any...

A child has been taken to hospital following an incident with a car near a primary school in Cowes this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to Ash Grove at around 15:00 when a 9-year-old girl was injured following an incident with...

Part of Undercliff Drive that fell away during works to improve the road Caretaker Council Leader, Cllr Dave Stewart, has authorised a feasibility study to establish the economic impact of the Undercliff Drive landslip and confirm if the problem can...

UPDATED: A power cut is affecting properties in the PO38 1 area of Ventnor this evening (Tuesday). Electricity supply was lost at 17:37, resulting in 128 postcode areas being plunged into darkness. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) say engineers...

The occupants of a silver Vauxhall Astra have escaped any serious injury after the car came to rest on its roof near Puckpool, Ryde earlier this afternoon (Tuesday). Emergency services were called to Calthorpe Road between Appley and Pondwell at...

UPDATED: Shoppers in Newport experienced an element of drama this morning (Tuesday) when a car mounted a wall at the entrance to Morrisons supermarket. At just before 08:25 the driver of a silver Nissan Alemera lost control of her vehicle,...

The long-anticipated merger of the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (IWFRS) with Hampshire looks to be a step closer with the recommendation to consider enabling the Isle of Wight Fire Authority to join the existing Combined Fire Authority...