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Firefighters from Newport and Cowes are this afternoon tackling a kitchen fire at a property in Cowes. Crews are currently on scene at the incident in Victoria Avenue in the town, close to Cowes Fire Station. UPDATE @ 16:55 -...

UPDATED: Firefighters are this evening (Sunday) tackling a fire on board Hovertravel's Island Express hovercraft. Smoke can be seen to be rising from the vessel, which is currently at the company's Ryde terminal. Two appliances from Ryde Fire Station are in...

One man was taken to hospital and buildings were evacuated in Sandown this morning (Saturday) after a gas cylinder exploded on an industrial estate. Firefighters from Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor responded to 999 calls at 10:55 this morning after an...

EXCLUSIVE: Hampshire Constabulary have today (Thursday) confirmed that three people have been bailed following armed police arrests in Freshwater on Monday. As reported earlier this week, three persons were arrested in the Heathfield Road and High Street area of Freshwater...

Volunteer crew members from Bembridge RNLI have this morning (Tuesday) assisted in the search for a missing person who is believed to have jumped from an in-bound cruise ship. The All Weather Lifeboat was launched from Bembridge at around 07:15...

Firefighters in the West Wight successfully extinguished a car fire near Yarmouth this morning (Monday). One crew from Yarmouth were called to Westhill Lane at Fort Victoria at around 02:00 after receiving reports of a vehicle well alight. Upon arrival it...

UPDATED: Emergency services have this evening extricated an elderly woman from the wreckage of a car after it collided with a lorry in Ryde. Police, ambulance and three fire crews raced to the scene of the incident on High Park...

Firefighters from Newport have tackled a small bedding fire at HMP Isle of Wight overnight. Crews were called to Parkhurst prison at around 00:45 this morning (Wednesday) after receiving reports of a small fire inside one of the prisoner's cells....

VIDEO: Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat has this morning (Tuesday) rescued two casualties from the Solent after the vessel they were fishing on sunk. The volunteer crew of Yarmouth's All Weather Lifeboat were tasked by Solent Coastguard to waters West of the...

FOUND: Police and Coastguard teams are this afternoon searching for a missing man from Ryde, who hasn't been seen since 22:00 last night. Brian Proctor, 51, was last seen leaving his home in Sutton Close, near Great Preston Road, at...