Breaking News

UPDATED: A road in Sandown has been closed this evening (Wednesday) following the discovery of an unsafe building. St John's Road has been closed between the High Street and York Road in the interests of safety over fears a building...

UPDATED: 2 men have been rushed to hospital this afternoon (Wednesday) after suffering an electric shock at a caravan park in Sandown. Emergency services, including the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, were called to Fairway Holiday Park on...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are working to free a horse that has become trapped in a ditch at Southford Farm in Whitwell this morning (Wednesday). Crews from Newport, Shanklin and Ventnor are in attendance at...

UPDATED: Firefighters are tackling a car fire in Arreton this morning (Wednesday). 1 fire appliance from Newport is currently in attendance at the scene outside Hasley Manor on the main Newport to Sandown road. The vehicle, thought to be a...

UPDATED: The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for fog overnight and into tomorrow morning (Wednesday). Extensive fog is expected to form across parts of southern England between 22:20 tonight and 10:00 tomorrow. Forecasters say it may be...

A man in a distressed state in the sea off Ryde sparked an emergency response earlier this afternoon (Monday).  At shortly before 14:00 it was reported to Solent Coastguard that a fully clothed man had entered the water off Ryde...

Hovertravel has announced they are to run a revised cross-Solent timetable from tomorrow (Monday) as problems continue with the introduction of the new 'Island Flyer' and 'Solent Flyer' hovercraft. Following a review of the current situation faced by Hovertravel and...

UPDATED: Police are this morning (Sunday) investigating a suspicious campervan blaze on a residential street in Newport. At just before 01:20 the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to a vehicle fire on Cypress Road near to...

UPDATED: Police have closed part of The Downs towards Ryde this evening (Saturday) following a minor collision. A Ford Focus has sustained front-end damage in the incident, which has resulted in traffic being diverted via Brading Downs Road. Motorists are...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, Police and paramedics are attending a road traffic incident on Stroudwood Road on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Saturday). A Citroen C4 Picasso has left the carriageway and come to...