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UPDATED: A number of properties in Ryde, Ashey and Binstead are without water this lunchtime (Sunday) due to a burst water main on Ashey Road. Hundreds, if not thousands of homes have lost supply following the burst on Ashey Road to...

UPDATED: Hampshire Constabulary have issued a 'personal safety message' to Islanders this morning (Sunday) after receiving reports of a male approaching teenage girls on the Isle of Wight. Police are appealing for information to help identify a white male aged in...

Concern over a lone yachtsman on a moored 51ft ketch led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat being launched this afternoon (Thursday). Solent Coastguard received a report that a man aboard a yacht, moored alongside a midstream pontoon in the River Medina,...

UPDATED: Classic Isle 2016, which was due to take place at Northwood House in Cowes this weekend, has been cancelled by the organisers. The organisation behind this event – Classic Isle Limited - were keen for the event to go...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a grass fire measuring 50x80m off Lynch Lane in Brighstone this evening (Wednesday). 2 fire appliances, plus a water carrier from Freshwater, are currently in attendance near the junction with Upper...

UPDATED: The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for a spell of unseasonably strong southwesterly winds, accompanied by heavy rain showers that are expected to develop across the South on Friday before peaking during Saturday daytime. In a complete...

UPDATED: Firefighters are assisting the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service at a property in Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday). A rapid response paramedic, an ambulance crew and a second ambulance response vehicle are all currently in attendance at a flat in...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) has conveyed a patient to a mainland hospital from Simeon Street recreation ground in Ryde this morning (Tuesday). The life-saving charity swooped low over Ryde before landing on the playing field...

The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team, Freshwater Independent Lifeboat and the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter were all involved in a search at The Needles yesterday morning (Monday) following the discovery of a number of items on the cliff edge. At just after...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a fire at the Mayfair Hotel in Shanklin this evening (Monday). Firefighters are using COBRA - a specialist piece of firefighting equipment - to extinguish a small fire that...