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 Controversial plans to close a total of 6 primary schools on the Isle of Wight are set to go ahead if Cabinet can agree next week. Following a consultation period, which ended on 1st November, the Isle of Wight Council...

Local weather forecaster IW Met Service has issued a weather warning for both heavy rain and severe gales which look set to batter the Island later this week. A spell of heavy and persistent rain is expected from around 16:00...

Reports of a man drinking a bottle of wine behind the wheel of a parked car resulted in a Police response to Ventnor yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary quickly descended on the South Wight...

Island Roads will be deploying its fleet of gritters tomorrow morning (Wednesday) as temperatures drop across the Isle of Wight. The fleet will treat the local road network from 04:00, just before the majority of Islanders wake up and head...

A 52-year-old man remains in custody this afternoon after he was arrested following an alleged assault at an address in Sandown last night (Monday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at 19:38 yesterday evening to a...

Hovertravel services between Southsea and Ryde are suspended this afternoon (Tuesday) due to the discovery of suspected ordnance in Southsea. It is understood that what is believed to be a WWII bomb was found by diggers carrying out sea defence...

A field fire on the outskirts of Calbourne is being tackled by firefighters from Newport and Freshwater this evening (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were first alerted to the fire at around 17:00, with a...

A 2-car crash saw a Ford MPV flatten a road sign on a roundabout in Newport this morning (Monday) The incident occurred at around 10:00 on the Staplers Road roundabout and saw a Ford Tourneo and a BMW E46 Compact...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) has conveyed a patient to Southampton following a medical emergency in Freshwater Bay this morning (Monday). Having left its Thruxton base at around 08:10, the yellow and green liveried helicopter touched...

A fisherman found clinging to the side of his boat after going overboard at the mouth of the River Medina has been rescued thanks to quick-thinking bystanders and the emergency services. The lone sailor is understood to have gone over...