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£200,000 has been awarded to a former Isle of Wight choirboy who suffered 5 years of sexual abuse at the hands of a Cowes-based priest at just 8-years-old. During the 1970s, Father Maxwell Halahan sexually abused the choirboy at St...

UPDATED: Emergency services were called to the scene of a collision between a young cyclist and a van in Cowes this morning (Wednesday). The incident occurred shortly before 06:30 in Victoria Road when a Mercedes Sprinter van came into contact...

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: A Royal Navy Bomb disposal team are this afternoon on the scene of a suspicious device found in the garden of a property in Sandown. Police and explosive experts are investigating a device found in the rear garden...

A Southern Vectis double-decker bus has been gutted this afternoon after a fire ripped through the back of the vehicle. Black smoke filled the air near to the High Street in the town shortly before 13:20. It is believed the...

Fire crews from Newport, Sandown and Shanklin are this morning working to free a person who has become trapped inside their vehicle following a collision in Shanklin. The incident took place at the junction of Green Lane and Languard Manor...

A 31-year-old man has been jailed for ten years today (Monday) after pleading guilty to causing the death of an innocent ten-year-old girl following a RTC in Northwood last year. Robert Blakely of Sandown appeared at the Isle of Wight...

UPDATED: Around 1700 residents and businesses in Cowes and surrounding areas are without electricity this afternoon following a high-voltage network fault. Power was lost to properties in Cowes, Northwood and some areas of Newport shortly before 12:15 this lunchtime (Sunday). This...

A rider has this morning (Saturday) fallen from her motorcycle in Ryde in the wet and slippery conditions. Emergency services were called to the scene at the junction of St Johns Road and High Street, Oakfield shortly before midday. It...

UPDATED: Emergency services are currently attending a RTC on Forest Road, Newport, which has trapped one person.  Fire crews are working to free an elderly man who is trapped in his vehicle, a green Ford Fiesta, after colliding with a...

An open verdict has been recorded today (Thursday) at an inquest into the death of Robert Hayball, who sadly died after he drove his vehicle off of Culver Cliff last year. The inquest heard how former Ventnor Middle School and...