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UPDATED: One of the main roads connecting Newport to the West Wight has become blocked by an overturned trailer this lunchtime (Monday). Middle Road is currently blocked at the junction with Afton Road in Freshwater due to a road traffic...

An elderly lady has been treated by paramedics after she was assaulted and robbed in Newport this afternoon (Sunday). Police were called to the scene in the town centre after a young female is alleged to have assaulted the elderly...

A large section of cliff at Small Hope Beach in Shanklin has fallen today (Sunday), narrowly missing a recently refurbished cafe. Beach huts have been shunted out the way and are now blocking the Shanklin to Sandown revetment after several...

The wet and stormy weather is set to continue into the new week according to the Met Office, who have issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain. Bands of heavy showers will affect parts of southern Britain throughout today...

UPDATED: The Met Office are warning of further wet weather this weekend and have put a yellow weather warning in place from 08:00 this morning (Saturday) until midday tomorrow.  Outbreaks of showery rain, heavy at times, will spread from the...

UPDATED: Fire crews from Ryde and Newport have been called to School Street in Ryde this evening (Friday). Paramedics, Police and multiple fire appliances are on the scene off St John's Road. UPDATE @ 18:30 - Emergency services have been stood...

UPDATED: Armed Police have this evening (Friday) raced to a block of flats in Newport. Several units - carrying officers armed with guns and shields - responded to Chestnut Court on the corner of West Street and Carisbrooke Road at...

A 17-year-old youth has been charged with 5 offences following an attempted armed robbery in Sandown on Wednesday, as first reported by Island Echo. Police rushed to Sandown Jewellers in the High Street at around 12:15 when members of the public detained a...

UPDATED: The collapse of a bank lining the carriageway has closed the main road between Rookley and Niton this morning (Thursday). Island Roads have implemented a hard closure between Main Road, Rookley and Chequers Inn Road whilst the earth is...

UPDATED: The Met Office have issued a weather warning for heavy rain this evening (Wednesday) which may lead to flooding in some areas. Forecasters say rain, which may be heavy at times, will move east across the South overnight before clearing...