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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...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision at the top of Staplers Road between Newport and Wootton this afternoon (Saturday). A Hyundai has sustained severe front end damage in the incident, which occurred at around 14:45 on the...

VIDEO: CCTV has captured a gang of thieves gaining access to a Ford Transit van before stealing the tools inside on a quiet side road in Northwood during the early hours of yesterday morning (Friday).  The shocking footage shows a...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and car on Fairlee Road in Newport this afternoon (Friday). Traffic is delayed in the area following the incident at the junction with Halberry Lane. A silver Peugeot has collided with a...

Police are investigating the theft of tools worth £3000 from a Ford Transit van in Ryde overnight, as well as thefts from a number of other vans across the Island. The owner of the Transit in Ryde, which was parked...