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UPDATED: Firefighters are this morning (Thursday) attending a roof fire in Upper Road, Adgestone.  Crews were called to the scene shortly after 11:15. Two appliances from Ryde are in attendance. UPDATE @ 12:00 - Firefighters have extinguished a small fire,...

UPDATED: Police have closed part of Pyle Street in Newport this evening (Wednesday) after a man was tasered following a domestic incident involving a stabbing.  One male, who started smashing glass and becoming aggressive after receiving a stab wound to...

The number of road traffic incidents on the Island's roads continues to rise in the icy conditions, with a car having come to rest on its roof at Calbourne this morning (Wednesday). Police and ambulance crews are in attendance at the...

UPDATED: A car has left the carriageway and gone into a ditch on Marshcombe Shute near Brading this evening (Tuesday). No one is thought to have been seriously injured in the minor incident, which occurred at around 17:00 and prompted...

Firefighters from Newport, Freshwater and Ryde have freed a horse after it became stuck in Calbourne this afternoon (Tuesday). The Animal Rescue Unit from Newport, the Land Rover 4x4 from Ryde and two appliances from Newport and Freshwater were called...

Firefighters from Newport and East Cowes have attended a road traffic collision on Betty Haunt Lane in Newport this morning (Tuesday). Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the scene off Forest Road at around 09:00 after a vehicle...

The Met Office are warning Islanders of the possibility for icy conditions tonight and overnight into Tuesday morning.  A yellow weather warning has been issued for ice in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight from 21:00 until 09:00 tomorrow. With...

UPDATED: Emergency Services are currently attending a road traffic incident on Bonchurch Road, between Ventnor and Shanklin this evening (Saturday). Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are working to free the occupants of a red vehicle...

A man has been talked down from a railway bridge stretching across the main road between Sandown and Shanklin this evening (Saturday). Police were called to Lake Hill at around 16:25 when a man was spotted acting suspiciously on the...

A multi agency operation was launched last night (Friday) after a man threatened to jump off Ryde Pier. Police and HM Coastguard were called to the pier off Ryde Esplanade shortly before midnight following reports of a man in distress. Ryde...