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Police are investigating a burglary at a Sandown hotel which has resulted in more than £12,000 worth of possessions being stolen. Three rooms were targeted at the Ocean Hotel on Sandown Esplanade last Friday, with large quantities of jewellery having been taken...

Fire crews were called to a residential property in Lake last night (Tuesday) after a burning smell was discovered by the home owners. Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, one from Sandown and one from...

Emergency services are this evening attending an incident in Ventnor in which an unknown man has climbed onto the roof of a property. Police were called to the scene at the junction of Ocean View Road and Steephill Down Road,...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat was paged and tasked for immediate launch by Solent Coastguard this morning (Tuesday) to a man with a broken leg in Shanklin. The gentleman was reported to be on the shore and in severe pain...

UPDATED: Emergency services are currently attending an incident at Sandown airfield, where a microlight has crashed into a hangar. A number of appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, including the Rescue Tender from Newport and the...

MISSING PERSON: Police are this evening appealing for information to help locate a missing Island man from his home in East Cowes. Darren Jones, 39, suffers from depression and anxiety and has not been seen since lunchtime today (Monday) when...

UPDATED: Emergency services have this afternoon attended a serious road traffic collision on the outskirts of Shanklin. Police, fire and ambulance crews, as well as the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, were called to the incident on Victoria...

Island resident and veteran Hollywood cinematographer, Gilbert Taylor, has died at the age of 99. It was announced yesterday that Taylor, who was best known for his work on the Star Wars films, as well as The Omen and Dr...

Emergency services have this evening attended a road traffic collision in Newport. Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene at Carisbrooke Road shortly before 16:20 after receiving reports that a male had been involved in a collision with...

One pumping appliance from Newport Fire Station attended a small fire in the open in Whitwell this evening (Thursday). The alarm was raised by a local resident at around 18:00, after reporting a fire in a field off of Kemming...