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Ryde Inshore Rescue has ensured the safety of 6 persons on board a 22ft motor boat that ran aground on Ryde Sands earlier this afternoon (Sunday). Whilst on station conducting a Sunday watch, the volunteer crew of Ryde's independent lifeboat...

Residents and businesses in Whitwell remain without power this morning (Sunday) following an overnight outage in the South Wight area. At 04:25 electricity supply was lost to properties in the PO36 and PO38 areas, however the majority of supplies were...

UPDATED: Detectives are tonight (Saturday) investigating the mugging of a female in Ryde. Several Police units descended on the Nelson Street and Castle Street area of the town at just before 20:25 after a woman was allegedly assaulted and robbed...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Newport and Freshwater are attending a fire off Pixley Hill near Freshwater tonight (Saturday). 2 appliances and a water bowser are in attendance at the scene at Norton Green, however it is currently unclear as to what exactly has...

Immigration officers conducted raids on a number of Island establishments last night (Wednesday) - but it was at Balti King in Wootton where 3 people were detained and are now pending removal from the UK. Acting on intelligence, Immigration Enforcement...

The Priory Bay Hotel and Estate situated between Nettlestone and St Helens has been put on the market for over £3million. Savills, on behalf of the joint administrators James William Stares and Rupert Graham Mullins of Rothmans Recovery Limited, has...

UPDATED: Police, Fire and Ambulance crews are responding to a road traffic collision on Shorwell Shute this afternoon (Wednesday) in which a car has overturned.  Emergency services were alerted to the incident between Shorwell and Carisbrooke at just before 13:30....

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: A car that is said to have been used to 'store drugs' has been set alight on a residential street in Gunville, Newport tonight (Tuesday), prompting a response from the National Police Air Service helicopter. At shortly...

The National Police Air Service helicopter from Bournemouth has been involved in the search for a man wanted on recall to prison this afternoon (Monday). At around midday officers on foot began the pursuit of the wanted male after he...

UPDATED: Passengers on board the Wightlink ferry between Portsmouth and Fishbourne have been evacuated to the outside deck this evening (Sunday) following the discovery of a fire. According to those currently on the St Cecilia car ferry, a fire has...