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Thanks to the support of Island residents, HMV in Newport is set to stay open despite initially facing closure in just a matter of weeks. The store's management have placed a notice in the shop window this week announcing that...

UPDATED: The body of a woman in her 50s, who was reported missing last night, has been discovered floating in the sea just off of a Shanklin beach this morning. Concerned relatives alerted Police about their worries for the woman's...

UPDATED: A woman has been freed by fire crews this evening after becoming trapped in mud up to her waist. The incident happened shortly after 18:00 near to Totland Pier, West Wight. The woman was freed using specialist mud rescue...

A motorcycle and a car have collided at a junction in Ryde this afternoon. Emergency services are attending the RTC on Monkton Street with the junction of Park Road, where the motorcycle and rider have gone into the driver side...

Fire crews from Newport and Shanklin are this lunchtime tackling a hedge fire in Luccombe, which has spread to cladding on a nearby building. The fire broke out shortly before 10:30 this morning at Luccombe Farm on Cowleaze Hill. It...

Emergency services are currently attending a collision between a car and a motorcycle at the crossroads junction with Fishbourne Lane on the outskirts of Wootton. The rider of the motorcycle has been thrown from his bike after coming into contact...

UPDATED: A high-performance road car has ploughed into trees overnight on the outskirts of Brading, leaving the vehicle an insurance write-off. The incident happened in the early hours of this morning as the orange Ford Focus ST traveled between Ryde...

EXCLUSIVE: A Co-Operative food delivery lorry was stopped by Police on Friday after smashing into a parked car in Ryde without realising.  In the second incident involving one of the company's lorries on the Island this month, the driver, for...

Hampshire Constabulary are today investigating whether a cat was shot with a air weapon in Ryde. The feline was found in the Pelhurst Road area with wounds consistent with having been shot with a .22 calibre air weapon. It is...

On course for a truly epic 10th birthday spectacular, the good ship HMS Bestival is abuzz with excitement as a whole new raft of able-bodied shipmates join the ranks of Bestival 2013. With an already gargantuan line-up featuring Elton John,...