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A temporary 30mph speed limit and 24 hour no-waiting highway clearway order have been put into operation around the Bestival site at Downend. The restrictions are in place on: – Mersley Downs Road (from Downend Road to Knighton Shute) –...

UPDATED: Ferry operator Red Funnel have cancelled a number of sailings on it's East Cowes to Southampton car ferry service this morning (Wednesday).  An unknown technical issue has hit the cross-Solent company, meaning the following sailings have been cancelled:  ...

Firefighters from Newport Fire Station have tonight (Tuesday) rescued a man from the River Medina. The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were alerted by Police shortly after 23:20 to reports of an adult male in danger on the...

UPDATED: The controversial Pennyfeathers development on the outskirts of Ryde has been given the green light tonight (Tuesday) as the Isle of Wight Council planning committee approve outline planning permission for the site off Brading Road.  Following years of planning...

UPDATED: Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are this afternoon (Sunday) attending a road traffic collision on a country lane near Havenstreet. A White Vauxhall Corsa has sustained front-end damage after being involved in a collision with another...

Ian Rawlings-Cawtheray, the former co-owner of an American themed diner in Newport who lied about his business’ turnover to reduce its tax bill, has been jailed for 10 months at the Isle of Wight Crown Court today (Friday). 39-year-old Rawlings-Cawtheray from...

Concerns from members of the public for an elderly man in the sea off Shanklin has prompted the Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue Teams to respond to the area this morning (Friday). At around 09:10 it was...

FOUND: Police have this evening (Thursday) launched a search for a missing man in the West Wight area.  The National Police Air Support Helicopter has been involved in the search, circling the West Wight area since 17:45 before being stood...

A motorcycle and car have been involved in a minor road traffic collision on Beaper Shute in Ryde this morning (Wednesday). Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to the scene at the junction with Harding Shute...

The victim of a fatal road traffic collision on Military Road on Sunday has been named as 54-year-old Daniel McGrath from Tennyson Road, Freshwater.  Mr McGrath, known as Dan, is believed to have been travelling towards Freshwater Bay from Compton...