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A 19-year-old man has been arrested and taken into custody on suspicion of engaging in sexual activity with a child on the Isle of Wight. It was just before 18:00 yesterday evening (Friday) that Police - in large numbers -...

Roadworks at Horsebridge Hill, that have blighted motorists’ journeys to and from Cowes for several weeks, are now over with the road reopened in both directions this morning (Saturday). Carriageway widening works for the new Three Oaks housing development have...

2 people have been evacuated by helicopter and lifeboat from the P&O cruise ship Britannia off the coast of the Isle of Wight tonight (Friday). The cruise ship - which can accommodate nearly 5,000 people - left its homeport of...

Former nursery worker George Goodier has been jailed for sharing child sex abuse images of young children, similar in age to those he was caring for. Goodier, of Grace Woodford Drive in East Cowes, previously entered guilty pleas to 3x...

37-year-old Cheryl Maitland will appear before Magistrates after she was caught drink driving in Yarmouth yesterday afternoon (Thursday). It was just gone 15:00 when Police stopped a light blue Renault Scenic near the ferry terminal. With suspicion that the driver...

An equipment failure on board Red Jet 6 has led to the cancellation of 5 commuter crossings this morning (Friday). It’s a bad start to the last day of the working week for those travelling between West Cowes and Southampton...

Police have confirmed that 3 people arrested in connection with a serious assault in Shanklin earlier this year, which left a man with facial injuries, have been released without charge. Emergency services were called to Green Lane in the town...

21-year-old Patrick Douglas is to appear in court over a collision between an e-bike and a pedestrian on Ryde's High Street earlier this year. It was on 5th January that a 16-year-old girl was mowed down by an electric bicycle,...

Firefighters have responded to a vehicle fire on the forecourt of Tesco Petrol Station in Ryde this morning (Thursday), which has resulted in the closure of the busy fuel stop. It was just before 10:40 that Hampshire & Isle of...

63-year-old arsonist Sue Lupton, who set fire to a neighbours car because she believed that badgers he was looking after had killed a fellow neighbours cat, has been handed a 2-year suspended prison sentence. Susan Lupton - a former local...