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Fire crews from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to a property fire in Yarmouth last night (Sunday). Crews from Newport, Freshwater and Yarmouth were called to the house on Tennyson Road at 11.16pm, where they discovered a...

Yarmouth RNLI were paged to assist a jetski that was drifting towards Yarmouth Pier and the busy harbour entrance this afternoon (Sunday). The volunteer crew reached the personal watercraft within minutes of launching shortly after 14:40, to find that the jetski had...

The volunteer crew of Yarmouth RNLI came to the aid of a 35ft yacht run aground at Colwell Bay earlier this afternoon (Saturday). The All Weather Lifeboat was requested to launch shortly before 14:15 to assist 'Rampant'. Arriving on the scene just...

UPDATED: Police have this morning (Saturday) cordoned off a shopping area in Newport where a substantial amount of blood has been found. Gray's Walk, situated between Pyle Street and Scarrots Lane, has been closed to both members of the public...

The family of missing Wootton woman Victoria Bailey are speaking out in an effort to encourage anyone who has not yet spoken to police with information about her disappearance to come forward. Victoria hasn't been seen since Saturday 7th June - three...

A meeting of the Isle of Wight Council’s Executive is being asked to approve controversial proposed changes to parking across the Isle of Wight when it meets next month, despite strong public objection. In a report to the Executive, the...

The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for rain for both tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday. A slack area of low pressure is expected to extend eastwards across southern UK on Friday and Saturday, bringing with it moist and...

The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI were tasked to launch just after midnight this morning to assist a single handed 32ft sailing yacht in difficulty. The yacht had left Falmouth 3 days ago and was midway between Bembridge & Langstone when...

Police are today (Wednesday) appealing for witnesses to come forward with any photographs or video of a popular Ryde beach leading up to the rescue of an 8-year-old boy on Saturday. Hampshire Constabulary was one of several emergency services called...

UPDATED: Firefighters are this afternoon (Tuesday) attending a reported house fire in Ventnor. Three pumping appliances from Ryde, Newport and Shanklin were called to the incident on St Catherine's Street in the town shortly before 11:50. Breathing apparatus is being...