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UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Binstead Road near the Fleming Arms pub this afternoon (Friday), which is causing traffic delays in the area. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are at the scene...

Photos: RNLI/Rob Scott Yarmouth RNLI was tasked with assisting a large survey vessel which had experienced a full power failure off Lymington this afternoon (Thursday). Volunteer crew members were paged by Solent Coastguard just after midday and by 12:22 the A,ll...

The Police helicopter has attracted attention over Newport this afternoon (Thursday) by using its rarely-heard siren as it came into land at Seaclose Park. At around 16:10 the Bournemouth-based National Police Air Service helicopter began circling the Fairlee Road area...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance at Atkinson Drive in Newport this morning (Thursday), where a man is understood to have fallen from a building during...

Firefighters from Shanklin have extinguished an out of control bonfire in Lake this afternoon (Wednesday). At around 14:00 black smoke was seen to be billowing into the skies close by to Morrisons off Newport Road, drawing the attention of nearby businesses...

UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is attending to a woman with a severely broken ankle on Culver Down near Sandown this afternoon (Tuesday). At around 13:15  HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were...

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor are in attendance at Battery Gardens in Lake this morning (Tuesday) due to concerns for the welfare of a woman. Police were called to Talbot Road at the top of Lake Hill at...

UPDATED: Firefighters are working to free a person who is trapped inside their vehicle following a 2-car road traffic collision on Morton Road between Brading and Sandown. Emergency services were called to the incident near the junction with Morton Old Road at...

4 people have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm following an assault on a 46-year-old man at an address in Love Lane, Cowes last night (Sunday). Police have stood guard outside the property overnight and throughout this...

UPDATED: 35-year-old Kevin Finch of Church Path in East Cowes has been charged with kidnap, rape and grievous bodily harm following an attack on an 18-year-old girl in Niton on Friday. As first reported by Island Echo, the Police helicopter...