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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...

UPDATED: Firefighters, Police and ambulance crews are responding to a road traffic collision on Military Road at Freshwater this evening (Sunday). Two fire appliances from Freshwater and Newport and a fire service officer are currently attending the incident alongside Paramedics...

UPDATED: A van has overturned and smashed into a wall on Appley Lane/East Hill Road in Ryde tonight (Sunday). Two fire appliances from the nearby Ryde Fire Station and paramedics are attending the scene having been alerted to the incident...

UPDATED: A female has been airlifted to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham by the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter after suffering a medical episode on board a yacht at Newtown this afternoon (Sunday). The helicopter from Lee-on-Solent was tasked to Newtown...

UPDATED: Police are tonight (Friday) conducting an aerial search using the National Police Air Support helicopter in both the East and West Wight areas. At around 21:30 the Police helicopter began circling Freshwater, before travelling across the Island to Culver...