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UPDATED: A two-car road traffic collision on The Downs Road between Downend and Ashey is resulting in tailbacks in the area this evening (Monday). A Toyota Rav4 and a Ford C-Max are understood to have collided at the junction with Lime...

Red Funnel is to invest £2.2million in a major refurbishment of the interior of Red Osprey, which operates between East Cowes and Southampton. The investment follows a record breaking year for the company with traffic levels up 15% over the...

A man has been treated for the effects of smoke inhalation this morning (Sunday) following a small fire at a Shanklin restaurant. Firefighters from Sandown and Newport were called to the scene at Decades Steak and Seafood Restaurant in Shanklin...

UPDATED: Members of the Isle of Wight Council’s Conservative Group have tonight exposed what they describe as a “major misrepresentation” perpetrated by the current Independent council administration about the cleaning of the Island’s beaches. The Isle of Wight Council has...

UPDATED: Firefighters are this morning (Saturday) working to free a horse that has become trapped in a ditch in Wroxall. Crews were called to the incident on the outskirts of Upper Ventnor at Cooks Castle Farm shortly after 09:40 and...

A senior councilor has this evening (Friday) resigned from the Island Independent Group of Councillors who currently form the administration of the Isle of Wight Council. Cllr Charles Chapman (Independent, Ryde South) announced his resignation in a letter to all...

UPDATED: Emergency services including the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are this afternoon (Friday) attending a two-car road traffic collision in Cowes. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to the scene on Place Road...

UPDATED: A rescue operation is this evening (Thursday) underway at St. Catherine's Point, Niton after a car is reported to have gone over the cliff edge. All emergency services are currently attending the incident at Old Blackgang Road. It was originally...

Firefighters from across the Island have been responding to multiple shouts this morning (Thursday) following an electrical storm, with Ryde taking the brunt of the lightning strikes. Crews from Ryde and Newport were called to Hill Street in Ryde after a...

An unmanned open sailing boat, adrift in the Solent, led to the launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat this morning (Thursday). The Squib class 'Rhapsody in Blue' had apparently broken from its moorings off the Fishbourne-based Royal Victoria Yacht Club. After...