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UPDATED: Residents and businesses in Upper Ventnor are without electricity this morning (Sunday) due to a network fault in the area.  A total of 70 postcode areas have been affected by the outage in the PO38 1 and PO38 3...

Two vehicles have been involved in a minor road traffic collision in Wootton tonight (Saturday).  The occupants of a black Vauxhall Corsa and one other hatchback vehicle have escaped injury in the incident , which has taken place on the...

UPDATED: A man is recovering in hospital tonight (Saturday) after being knocked unconscious in a vicious attack in Cowes. Up to 8 Police units responded to the incident on the High Street at the junction with Sun Hill at just...

Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to reports of a burning smell coming from a block of flats in Ryde this afternoon (Saturday). Firefighters from Ryde Fire Station were called to the property on...

UPDATED: Police are today (Saturday) investigating a second break in at a Spar convenience store on the outskirts of Newport. Officers were called to the Spar store on Gunville Road earlier this morning after it was discovered a window had...

UPDATED: A blaze that ripped through the heart of the Island Learning Centre in Lake during the early hours of this morning (Friday) is being treated as arson. Following a joint investigation involving Police and the Isle of Wight Fire...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Daylight has made clear the destruction caused by a large blaze that has gutted a school in Lake this morning (Friday). As previously reported, fire crews from across the Island have been tackling a blaze at Island Learning...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Firefighters from across the Isle of Wight are this morning (Friday) tackling a large blaze at the site of the former Broadlea Primary School in Lake, which has been engulfed by flames. Fire crews were called to...

St Mary's Hospital remains under significant pressure this week resulting in non-urgent procedures being cancelled for both today and tomorrow (Friday).   The move has been taken by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust to accommodate the number of unwell...

Three people were rescued by Cowes RNLI during the early hours of this morning (Thursday) when they tried to row across the Solent on a speedboat using nothing but a kayaking paddle. Cowes RNLI were tasked to launch by Solent Coastguard...