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UPDATED: A search and rescue operation involving Ryde Inshore Rescue, Coastguard Rescue 104 helicopter and Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service is underway on the Solent this evening (Thursday). HM Coastguard are currently involved in the search for what is believed...

UPDATED: A shed has been gutted by fire in the rear garden of a property in Brading this evening (Wednesday).  Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service - from Ryde and Sandown - and an officer...

UPDATED: A child has been involved in a collision with a car in Shanklin this evening (Wednesday).  Emergency services including Police and paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently attending the incident on Landguard Road, outside the...

Supermarket giant ASDA have confirmed that they intend to begin building their first Isle of Wight store by the middle of next year, with the aim of opening the doors to thousands of eagerly awaiting Islanders in time for Spring 2017....

Bembridge RNLI were tasked to launch at 01:22 this morning (Sunday) at the request of Solent Coastguard to assist a 20m boat (converted to a tall ship) approximately 5 miles SSW of St Catherine's Point that had reported that she was...

UPDATED: Two vehicles have been involved in a road traffic collision in Newport this afternoon (Saturday), which has ended with one vehicle coming to rest on its side. Emergency services were called to Holyrood Street near the junction with Sea...

UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are this afternoon (Friday) attending a property fire on Furrlongs, Pan Estate. Smoke can be seen billowing from the first floor window of the terraced property. No one is...

A car left the carriageway and became embedded in a hedge off a busy roundabout in Ryde this morning (Wednesday).  Emergency services were called to the incident on Brading Road at the Tesco roundabout next to Busy Bee Garden Centre at...

Declining pupil numbers at Weston Academy in Totland, West Wight has led to the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan MP, agreeing in principle to the closure of the village primary school at the end of this autumn term...

Bembridge RNLI were tasked to launch at just gone 15:45 this afternoon (Monday) to assist a 10.5m charter angling boat with 8 persons on board that had suffered a mechanical failure. The All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) Frank and Anne Wilkinson reached...