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UPDATED: An appeal has been launched by Police to help locate missing Ian Millett, who hasn't been seen since Friday. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary are following several lines of enquiry into Mr Millet's disappearance, including the possibility that he is on...

UPDATED: Rescue teams are continuing their search for a missing kayaker this morning (Sunday) after he failed to arrive at his destination on the mainland last night.  Lifeboats, Coastguard Rescue Teams and the Coastguard helicopter have been searching the coast...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Two appliances from Newport Fire Station are tonight (Saturday) attending a property in the town after receiving reports of a faulty gas boiler. Fire crews have isolated the gas supply at a terraced home in Union Street...

The Island's only ice rink has been saved from closure after a deal was this morning (Saturday) completed to transfer the Planet Ice Ryde Arena into the hands of Ryde Arena Ltd. The ice rink will close on Monday for...

UPDATED: One appliance from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is in attendance at a chimney fire in Ryde this afternoon (Saturday). Firefighters from Ryde Fire Station were called to a residential property off Park Road in the...

UPDATED: Police are tonight conducting a search in The Bay area of Sandown, Lake and Shanklin. The National Police Air Service helicopter is flying over the streets of Sandown with a significant Police presence in the area. WightSAR - the Island's...

Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at Thorness Bay Holiday Park near Gurnard this evening (Friday) following a small fire. Fire crews from Newport and Cowes were called to the park on...

Police have revealed the locations of mobile speed cameras across the Isle of Wight as part of a crackdown on speeding motorists. Officers from the Isle of Wight Roads Policing Unit based at Shanklin Police Station are this week targeting speeding drivers,...

UPDATED: Police have carried out a drugs raid on a property in Cowes this morning (Friday). Officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Force Support Unit swooped on a residential address in Seaview Road in an unmarked vehicle, supported by local officers including a dog...

Carisbrooke College has come out of special measures following a recent Ofsted inspection. The previously 'inadequate' school, as judged in 2013, has now been removed from special measures after inspectors witnessed improvements at the Wellington Road school. A team of 11...