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More than 600 households have been hit by a power cut in the Ashey and Brading areas this morning (Saturday). Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say that a total of 75 postcodes have been affected by the outage, which struck at...

Cross-Solent services are once again being affected by adverse weather conditions this morning (Saturday) after a week of continued disruption. Challenging weather conditions mean that Red Funnel has suspended its hi-speed Red Jet service in its entirety. It’s unknown when services...

Dog owners in the West Wight have been alerted to a vicious attack which led to a dog being killed by another, much larger dog earlier this week. The tragic incident happened near the car park at Golden Hill Country...

A large scale search operation is underway in The Bay area this evening (Friday) as Police, WightSAR and HM Coastguard work to locate 87-year-old Audrey Broughton, who has gone missing from Lake. Audrey was last seen at midday today on...

Ryde's Neighbourhoods Policing Team (NPT) is investigating a series of vehicle crimes that took place in the Ryde area this week and is encouraging anyone with CCTV or Doorbell camera footage to make contact with police. As previously reported by...

A man and a woman travelling in a Land Rover Discovery, who are said to be key witnesses to an assault which took place in Ryde last October, are being sought by Police. It was during the early hours of...

Red Funnel has announced that it has had to cancel 2 of its evening vehicle ferry sailings tonight (Thursday) due to an exhaust leak. It has been confirmed that the 19:30 from Southampton and the 21:00 from East Cowes have...

Officers investigating a number of offences in Freshwater, including a burglary, have arrested two boys. Police were called at 16:45 yesterday (Wednesday) with reports of a burglary in progress at an empty address on Avenue Road, Freshwater. Attending officers arrested...

Coastguard Rescue Officers are working to free a dog that has gone over the cliff and become stuck in thick mud at Bembridge this afternoon (Wednesday). A rescue mission is underway to reach a Springer Spaniel that has got into...

A collision involving a lorry and a car at the roundabout in Apse Heath is causing tailbacks in the area this morning (Wednesday). It's reported that the incident has taken place on the busy roundabout outside Raj's Premier and is...