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Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a block of flats in Ventnor tonight (Thursday) which has already caused significant damage to a top floor property. 2 appliances from Sandown and Shanklin are on scene at Dudley Road where fire crews...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating another unexplained death following the sudden passing of a 28-year-old man in Cowes on Tuesday afternoon. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was alerted to the death on Tuesday afternoon (21st November)...

Police are on the hunt for 44-year-old Anthony Martin who absconded from HMP Ford on Tuesday, with fears he may be heading for the Isle of Wight. Officers are understood to have taken up position outside an address in Shanklin...

Police have closed the backroad between Ashey and Brading this evening (Wednesday) due to the carriageway being blocked by an overturned car. The incident on Green Lane, near to the junction with Ashey Road, has seen a small car come...

Urban Search and Rescue teams from the mainland have been called in to assist Police with the removal of a man’s body from a property in Ryde. It was on Monday evening that the death of a man in his...

Police search advisors and other specialist officers have arrived at a property in Ryde this morning (Wednesday) where investigations continue into the unexplained death of a man in his 50s. Paramedics were called to an address on Swanmore Road, near...

Armed Police have arrested a 76-year-old man after he allegedly threatened another man with a rifle in Chale Green earlier today (Tuesday). It was at 10:30 this morning that Police were alerted to reports that a man had been threatened...

Reports of a fire within a cell at HMP Isle of Wight led to the mobilisation of 6 fire appliances earlier this afternoon (Tuesday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to the small fire at...

Police remain in attendance at a property in Ryde this lunchtime (Tuesday) following the unexplained and sudden death of a man in his 50s. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service responded to an address on Swanmore Road, at the junction...

11th Newport Guides recently visited the Isle of Wight Council chambers as part of Parliament Week, where they met Councillor Claire Critchison, the Mace Bearer and the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Maurice Sheen CBE. They learnt about...