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As St Mary's Hospital continues to experience sustained pressure, the decision has been made to postpone non urgent surgery until Sunday 8th March. Patients affected by the decision are being contacted, with all other patients who have not been contacted being instructed to...

VIDEO: A large scale Police search in Newport resulted in air support being called in to help track down a suspect this afternoon (Thursday). Residents living in and around the Hunnyhill area of the town were shocked and scared to see...

UPDATED: An explosive device, believed to be a shell, has been discovered on the new Cowes breakwater this afternoon (Thursday) resulting in an emergency service response. Contractors working on the breakwater found the object at around 13:40 before alerting HM Coastguard,...

Police are appealing for taxi drivers to come forward as they investigate the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a 30-year-old man found unconscious with head injuries in a lay-by in Newport. The man was found on Fairlee Road, Newport at 00:35 on...

UPDATED: Paramedics are this evening (Wednesday) attending to a pedestrian who has been injured on the main road between Ryde and Newport following a suspected road traffic collision. Emergency services were called to the A3054 Binstead Road near to Rufflers...

An inquest has today (Tuesday) been opened and adjourned into the death of a man from Ryde who died following a flat fire on Friday 13th February. 67-year-old Andrew Davis died despite the best efforts of emergency services after his...

MISSING PERSON: Police and volunteers from WightSAR are conducting a search for missing 54-year-old Virgil Balmer, who hasn't been seen since yesterday morning (Sunday). Serious concerns have been expressed for Mr Balmer's welfare, who is described as white, approximately 5ft 9" tall...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision in Calbourne this morning (Monday) that has involved several vehicles. Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene on Middle Road outside Calbourne Mill at 08:40 and remain on the scene...

One female has been conveyed to hospital this morning (Monday) after being involved in a road traffic collision with a car on Ryde Esplanade.  Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police were called to the scene near...

An explosion was heard in Newport last night (Sunday) when an electricity sub station caught fire. Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to St John's Road in the town at around 23:15 after...