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UPDATED: Firefighters from Shanklin are this morning (Thursday) tackling a van fire in Sandown. The single crew are attending the incident on East Yar Road which has involved a modern white Ford Transit. The owner of the vehicle smelt burning...

Firefighters are this morning (Thursday) tackling a car fire in East Cowes, just metres from the town's fire station. A Land Rover Discovery has caught fire on York Avenue prompting the town's firefighters to turn out. The Isle of Wight Fire...

Ryde Inshore Rescue have experienced a busy afternoon afloat on the Solent with two shouts within just hours of each other. Whilst 3 volunteer crew members were on station at Appley fine tuning new communications hardware and overseeing the repair of...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Hundreds of students, parents and local residents have turned out at County Hall in Newport this afternoon (Wednesday) in protest of the potential closure of Carisbrooke College - but there is some hope on the horizon.   Crowds have congregated outside...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Newport, Shanklin and Ventnor are responding to an agricultural building fire in Wroxall this evening (Tuesday). Three appliances are attending the incident on Rew Lane after being called to the scene at shortly before 18:00. UPDATE @...

Police have released an e-fit image of a man they are seeking in connection with a suspicious incident in East Cowes on Friday 26th June, in which a man exposed himself to three 8-year-old girls. The innocent girls were playing in the park...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: A young dog has tragically died after falling over 70ft off a cliff in Freshwater last night (Monday).  The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were called to an area west of Tennyson Monument...

Firefighters from Shanklin have extinguished a small grass fire in Lake this evening, believed to have been started by youths. One appliance from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service was mobilised to Battery Gardens opposite The Heights at...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has had to postpone some non-urgent elective procedures today (Monday) and some operations may be affected later this week as the Island's health system comes under increased pressure. The move to postpone procedures has...

UPDATED: A Renault Clio has come to rest on its side in the middle of the road following a collision involving at least two other vehicles in Ryde tonight (Sunday). Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are treating...