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Island business owner and former Calbourne parish Councillor, Jonathan Kovacik has been jailed for 21 months this week after being found guilty of shooting 21-year-old Shanklin sex worker Rose Pitcher just 4 days before Christmas when she ended their 'open' relationship....

UPDATED: Some 137 postcode areas have been hit by a power cut in the West Wight this afternoon (Tuesday) as the bad weather continues. Residential and commercial properties in the PO40 and PO41 region have been hit by the outage,...

UPDATED: Another yellow severe weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for tonight (Tuesday) and throughout tomorrow. The heavy rain has once again moved in across the Isle of Wight for the second day running, however the weather...

UPDATED: Residents in the PO30 and PO38 regions are without power this morning (Tuesday) following a network outage that is affecting 60 postcode areas. Shortly after 07:00 electricity supply was lost to hundreds of homes primarily in the Rookley area, but...

UPDATED: The British Army is holding a Reserves exercise on the Isle of Wight in September which will result in increased levels of activity both on the ground and in the skies. The exercise is key to shaping the ongoing...

VIDEO: Several Island roads have become flooded this lunchtime (Monday) after hours of heavy rain, which is set to continue throughout the day according to the Met Office. Avenue Road in Sandown; Lake High Street; Sandown Road in Lake and...

Three cars have been involved in a collision at a notorious accident blackspot on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Monday). Police and ambulance crews were called to Smallbrook Roundabout at just before 09:40 after three vehicles collided in atrocious weather conditions, as...

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ventnor and Newport have successfully rescued a dog from cliffs near Whitwell this evening (Sunday). The emergency crews were called to the hard-to-access scene near to the old radio station at around 17:35 after reports were...

Two vehicles have collided into a wall on Mill Hill Road in Cowes this evening (Sunday), prompting an emergency service response. Police and ambulance crews are currently in attendance at the scene at the junction with Victoria Road, where the...

UPDATED: The Met Office have put a yellow weather warning in place for heavy rain tomorrow (Monday).  An area of rain will run into the UK from the south tomorrow morning, with some very heavy bursts expected. Forecasters say there is the...