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A new £3.2million floating bridge that will better connect Cowes and East Cowes has been commissioned and is currently being built by Welsh firm Mainstay Marine Solutions Limited. The new chain ferry, which is due for delivery during winter 2016/17, will ensure the...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) was called to assist a woman who fell from her horse in Freshwater this afternoon (Wednesday). Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were scrambled to the old railway line between Yarmouth...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Trafalgar Road in Newport this evening (Wednesday). The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and Police are all on scene in the town,...

Police on the Isle of Wight have released a CCTV image of a man wanted in relation to the theft of a safe from The Fountain Hotel in Cowes during the early hours of Sunday morning. At sometime between 03:45 and...

UPDATED: Motorists heading in and out of Ryde this morning (Monday) are facing significant delays following a road traffic collision on the main road at Binstead. Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance service are attending the incident at the...

 A female driver was arrested in Sandown on suspicion of drink driving last night (Saturday) after crashing into 3 parked cars.  At shortly before 20:10 a Honda travelling on Avenue Road towards the High Street collided with 3 vehicles near...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Newport and Freshwater are tackling a fire in the loft space of Presford Farm on the outskirts of Shorwell tonight (Saturday). Two pumping appliances and an aerial ladder from Newport are working alongside a pumping appliance and...

British rock icons The Who are to once again headline the Isle of Wight Festival, in what is set to be their only UK festival appearance of 2016. Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and their live band will be bringing their globally...

VIDEO: The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has today (Thursday) published a report into the investigation of the listing, flooding and grounding of the Hoegh Osaka on the Bramble Bank in the Solent last year, as first reported in January 2015 by...

UPDATED: Police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision in Arreton this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to the scene on the main Sandown to Newport road at around 15:50. Fire crews from Newport and Shanklin...