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UPDATED: A teenage girl has been taken to hospital this afternoon (Tuesday) following a collision between a car and the scooter which she was riding on the outskirts of Newport. Emergency services were called to Parkhurst Road at around 15:00...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Police are in attendance at a convenience store in Sandown tonight (Monday) following what unconfirmed reports say is a robbery on the town's Welcome store, in which staff were 'threatened with a metal bar'. Several emergency units raced to...
Read moreDetailsA 46-year-old woman from the Isle of Wight has been killed and two others remain in a critical condition in hospital following a head-on collision in Axminster on the border of Dorset and Devon. Investigations are underway into the incident,...
Read moreDetailsEmergency services have dealt with a road traffic collision on Lushington Hill, Wootton overnight. Police, ambulance and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to the scene at around 02:20 this morning (Sunday) after a vehicle was...
Read moreDetailsA van has collided into a phone box in Freshwater this evening (Friday), prompting a response from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Firefighters from Freshwater Fire Station were mobilised to the incident on School Green Road Road...
Read moreDetailsThe Met Office are warning of further wet weather this evening and overnight into tomorrow morning (Saturday). A yellow severe weather warning has been issued as spells of heavy rain are expected to develop across southern parts of England as this...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED WITH VIDEO: Firefighters from Ryde and Shanklin are attending a house fire in St Helens this morning (Friday). Two appliances from Ryde, one appliance from Shanklin and an aerial ladder appliance from Ryde are in attendance at a semi-detached...
Read moreDetailsThe Cure and Major Lazer are to headline Bestival 2016 alongside a cast of musical pioneers and forward thinking funksters, as well as brand new futuristic stages to follow this year's theme of 'The Future'. Bestival organisers last night (Thursday)...
Read moreDetailsPhoto by @Wightbuoy UPDATED: Roads and businesses are flooding, trains are suspended and drivers are facing difficult driving conditions this afternoon (Wednesday) as torrential rain lashes down across the Isle of Wight. Island Line has been suspended in both directions...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: A car has collided into a wall on The Broadway in Sandown this afternoon (Wednesday). Police are attending the incident, which is said to have resulted in a tree being knocked down. Motorists are advised to avoid the area....
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