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Homes and businesses across the Isle of Wight have this evening (Tuesday) been hit by two separate power cuts. A sub station fault has affected over 600 homes in Sandown, Shanklin, Luccombe and Wroxall primarily, with homes in Newport and Cowes...

Over 150 jobs at the Isle of Wight Council are said to be at risk, as the authority starts a consultation with staff over potential redundancies in the coming year.  Against the backdrop of an ever decreasing financial base upon...

Fleetwood Mac have been named as the first headline act for next year's Isle of Wight Festival, due to take place between 11th-14th June. Organisers have this evening (Monday) revealed the British-American rock band as the Sunday night headliner, who will close what is...

A small hatchback car has rolled into a metal gate overnight between Yaverland and Bembridge. The Gold coloured Vauxhall Corsa is understood to have collided with the gate at the entrance to a field during the early hours of this...

Residents across the Isle of Wight are being warned about fog through this evening and overnight into tomorrow (Saturday). Patches of fog are already forming across the Island and will become more widespread during the rest of tonight and into the early...

Former Isle of Wight Council leader David Pugh has had his claims against the Island's MP rejected by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, it has been revealed.  Calls for Mr Pugh to be expelled from the Conservative group have been...

UPDATED: Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are this afternoon (Friday) attending a road traffic collision on Bullen Road in Ryde. Crews were called to the scene at around 12:30 following a 999 report of a vehicle having...

A missing person suffering with the effects of hypothermia was airlifted to hospital during the early hours of this morning (Friday) following a multi-agency search. Police were alerted to a concern for welfare late last night and launched a search...

UPDATED: Police have tonight (Thursday) cordoned off a section of South Street in Newport as a woman threatens to jump from the multi-storey car park. More than 7 Police units responded to Newport Bus Station just before 20:20, where it...

Road resurfacing work across the Isle of Wight is to be suspended next month until the Spring as the wet and cold weather moves in. Island Roads have today (Thursday) confirmed that the resurfacing works, carried out under the Highways...