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A late-night verbal altercation in the street led to the arrest of a Ryde man last night (Wednesday). Multiple officers descended on the St John's Road area, near West Stores, at just gone 22:00. It followed reports of an argument...

A total of 550 customers in St Helens are without power this afternoon (Thursday) after an outage hit the village. An outage was first reported by the residents of the East Wight village at around (12:00). Scottish and Southern Electricity...

The body of a man in his 40s has been found inside a tent at the bottom of a cliff off Military Road, Police have confirmed. Since first light, Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and Needles Coastguard Rescue Team have been...

Continued problems with Red Funnel’s Red Eagle vehicle ferry has led to at least another 8 cancelled sailings today (Thursday). It was on Tuesday afternoon that a problem with the voith unit - a seemingly common issue - arose, leading...

A third man has been arrested on suspicion of arson in relation to the ongoing investigation into a series of arson attacks on the derelict Ocean Hotel in Sandown. Police have confirmed that a 20-year-old man from Newport has today...

Arreton, Brading, Cowes, Godshill, Oakfield and Wroxall primary schools have all been earmarked for closure next year, it has been confirmed this afternoon (Wednesday). The Isle of Wight Council has revealed its plan to shut the 6 local primary schools...

A motorcyclist has escaped with minor injuries following a collision between his motorcycle and a car in Lake this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to reports of a road traffic collision on Newport Road, at the junction with Lamorbey...

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued as forecasters predict torrential downpours are set to lash down on the Isle of Wight over the next 2 days. IW Met Service says that bands of rain will develop...

A stairwell has been cordoned off by Police in Newport as enquiries get underway to establish how a man in his 40s sustained serious injuries after being found at the bottom of a flight of stairs earlier this afternoon (Tuesday)....

Red Funnel has cancelled 10 sailings on its vehicle ferry service tomorrow (Wednesday) due to yet another mechanical breakdown with Red Eagle - 1 of 3 ferries operating between East Cowes-Southampton. Earlier this afternoon (Tuesday) it was reported that an...