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UPDATED: HSBC have today (Monday) announced they are to close their branches in both Cowes and Shanklin next year. The high street bank has written to all of their local customers to inform them that the Cowes and Shanklin branches...

UPDATED: Motorists are facing delays on Brading Down Road this afternoon (Sunday) following a road traffic collision. The main through road from Mersley Down to Brading has been brought to a 'standstill' according to reports from motorists in the area. The...

UPDATED: Homes and businesses in parts of St Helens and Bembridge are without power this morning (Sunday) due to a network fault. At around 06:50 electricity was cut to around 2,700 properties in 100 postcode areas, primarily PO33 1 and PO35...

Bembridge RNLI and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat (SSILB) both came to the aid of a yacht with engine and rigging problems off the coast of Ventnor this evening (Saturday). Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat (SSILB) was tasked to launch by Solent Coastguard at...

A flood alert has been issued for the Isle of Wight coast by the Environment Agency for tomorrow (Sunday). The warning says that the forecast tide is a reasonably high spring tide and that water levels will be high around...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision in Lake this evening (Saturday).  The incident, which is thought to involve a pedestrian, has happened at the bottom of Lake Hill near to Tesco Express and the junction of The...

A report that a 50-year-old woman aboard the sail training ship 'Lord Nelson' had become unwell led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat being launched late last night (Friday). The Lord Nelson had sought help from Solent Coastguard in the area of...

Police are this evening (Friday) searching for the driver of a silver Ford Fiesta following a reported 'pursuit' on Pan Estate in Newport. Witnesses have described seeing a silver hatchback car - allegedly with young children in - driving erratically on...

Motorists on the Isle of Wight have this week been experiencing issues with the availability of diesel at filling stations across the Island. Tesco in Ryde locked up all of their diesel pumps on Wednesday evening and were only supplying...

UPDATED: Coastguard Rescue Teams are in attendance at The Causeway on the River Yar near Freshwater this afternoon (Friday), where a person is thought to be trapped in mud. Emergency services were alerted to the incident at around 16:00, prompting...