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Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to a small kitchen fire in the rural village of Brighstone this evening (Saturday). Firefighters from Newport turned out to the incident at just after 18:50 following...

UPDATED: Fire crews are this afternoon (Friday) attending a boat fire incident in Cowes. Two appliances from Newport Fire Station were called to the scene at Town Quay shortly after 14:00 following a request from HM Coastguard. Solent Coastguard were...

Firefighters have this lunchtime (Friday) attended a small kitchen fire at Newclose Cricket Ground on the outskirts of Newport. Two appliances from Newport Fire Station were called to 'Inn on the Green' at the cricket club in Shide just before...

UPDATED: Hundreds of students have walked out of lessons at Cowes Enterprise College this morning (Friday) in a peaceful protest against staff cuts at the school. Shortly after morning registration, pupils of the Crossfield Avenue school walked out onto the...

The former headteacher of Medina High School - now Medina College - is set to return as a replacement for Nathan Thomas, who is leaving to move to Andover at the end of the school year. Mr Richard Williams will...

A 23ft old gaffer, with a lone yachtswoman on board, had to be towed into Cowes today by the local RNLI lifeboat after a mooring rope became wrapped around the propeller. The woman, on passage from Cowes to Gosport, called...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Firefighters are this evening (Tuesday) battling a roof fire at a bungalow in St Helen's. Three appliances from Bembridge, Ryde and Newport are all in attendance on Lower Green Road, where smoke is billowing from the roof...

UPDATED: Coastguard Rescue Teams are this morning (Tuesday) conducting a search of Ryde Sands for a woman who has gone missing in the fog. It is understood the missing woman, local to the area, was walking her dog on the...

UPDATED: Police have this week launched an appeal for information after a second indecent exposure incident in Ryde where a man exposed himself to a female dog walker. The incident took place at around 15:45 last Wednesday (26th March) in...

Emergency services were called to Totland during the early hours of this morning (Monday) following reports of a man standing on the roof of a property. Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to the scene at 'Northicote' on Ward...