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UPDATED: Police are this morning conducting a land and air search for a missing vulnerable woman. Concerns are growing for the welfare of Rosemary Cross, 59, who was reported missing yesterday evening. She was last seen in the Merstone Lane...

Emergency services have this evening attended a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Wroxall after a hatchback car flipped onto its roof. A Black VW Golf is understood to have flipped, seriously damaging the roof and bonnet of the...

UPDATED: Coastguard, Police and Lifeboat crews are this afternoon conducting a major search in the Ryde area for two missing boys, aged 6 and 8. Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and several Police units are present at the scene, alongside...

Residents in the Ventnor area remain without TV, Radio or Mobile Phone signal this afternoon following a power failure at a nearby transmitter. As reported on the Isle of Wight Breaking News Group this morning (Saturday), locals are unable to...

UPDATED: A search and rescue operation is underway this evening in the Appley area of Ryde. Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge are working alongside Ryde Inshore Lifeboat and Police, conducting a search for a missing person on Ryde Sands and...

Firefighters were called to the outskirts of Newchurch last night after a pregnant cow became stuck in the River Yar. The animal rescue unit from Newport and an appliance from Sandown were sent to the scene at Lower Knighton Road,...

Emergency services are this afternoon attending a two-car road traffic collision in Wootton which has resulted in a garden fence being damaged. Two vehicles, a black Chevrolet and a white Citroen van, came together on Station Road, Wootton shortly before...

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary are today investigating a series of attempted burglaries in the Sandown and Shanklin areas. Shortly before midnight last night (Monday), witnesses reported seeing would-be burglars attempting to gain unlawful access to a flat in Sandown High...

Police officers raced to a popular seaside town today (Monday) to arrest two men following an assault last night, but were met with a bit of a watery problem. A 26-year-old man was assaulted on Station Approach, Sandown at around...

Three pumping appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are this afternoon (Monday) tackling a large field fire in Gurnard. Crews were called to the scene at Dukes Farm near Rew Street shortly before 13:20 after receiving...