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UPDATED: Armed Police - including officers from the mainland - were involved in the search for a man reported to be carrying a gun near Havenstreet earlier today (Sunday). The Island's Armed Response Unit responded to the quiet village of Havenstreet...

UPDATED: A car has left the road and come to rest in a ditch on Beaper Shute in Ryde tonight (Sunday), prompting the mobilisation of fire crews to the scene. At least 1 person is understood to be trapped inside...

Photo: Freshwater Fire Station Fire crews from both Freshwater and Yarmouth have attended a chimney fire in Newbridge this evening (Sunday). Firefighters have been able to safely extinguish the fire using a stirrup pump from below and a hose reel...

UPDATED: Properties in the Shalfleet area are without power this evening (Sunday). A small power cut has knocked out electricity to homes and businesses in the PO30 4 region. In total just 5 postcodes are affected including PO30 4ND, 4NE,...

UPDATED: A car has overturned and come to rest on its roof on Whitcombe Road near Carisbrooke this evening (Sunday).  Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance at the scene at the junction of Froglands Lane....

Firefighters from Newport have extinguished a small chimney fire at a property in Niton this morning (Sunday). 1 appliance was mobilised to a bungalow on Priory Walk at just before 09:25. The single crew quickly extinguished the fire and have...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision at Lake High Street tonight (Saturday) in which a pedestrian has been knocked over. The main road between Sandown and Shanklin has been closed by Police as paramedics from the Isle of Wight...

Photo: Andrew Knight/Destination Yarmouth UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Crew on board Wightlink's Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry have come to the rescue of 2 people in the water this afternoon (Friday). The rescue boat from Wight Sky was deployed shortly before 13:30 after...

UPDATED: An overheated tumble drier has sparked the evacuation of a block of flats in Oakvale, Ryde this evening (Thursday). 2 appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at the scene having been alerted...

UPDATED: Hundreds of homes in Binstead and Ryde are without power this dinner time (Thursday) following a power cut in the area. At 17:54 homes across Ryde experienced a small dipping of the lights, with some 174 postcode areas - 1,500...