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A 49-year-old man has been arrested after being detained at gunpoint by Armed Police in Ryde this afternoon (Monday). 4 Armed Response officers descended on The Veteran pub - formerly The Marine Bar - on the corner of Esplanade and...

A rear-end shunt involving several vehicles on a main road in Ryde is causing  travel delays in the area this afternoon (Monday). The incident has occurred on the West Street crossing outside Ryde School. No one is thought to have...

Police have closed off the Town Centre in Newport this afternoon (Monday) as a result of a collision between a lorry and a pedestrian. The incident has occurred on the High Street at the junction with St James' Square, outside...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat was launched this morning (Monday) to locate and recover a 65-man life raft that was activated in error by the Hayling Ferry. The Tamar-class lifeboat was launched down the slipway at Bembridge at around 09:30...

Gritters will be out and about across the Island this evening for the first time in 2023 following a weather warning that has been issued for black ice. Forecasted low temperatures have seen Island Roads make the decision to treat...

A weather warning has been issued by local weather forecaster IW Met Service for ice, with cold weather set to move in overnight (Monday into Tuesday). Ice will develop from around 22:00 tonight and will set in until around 13:00...

Further cliff falls along the Shanklin - Sandown revetment this morning (Monday) have made the route impassable.  A night of heavy rain and recent bad weather has resulted in sediment and earth falling from the cliff and taking out some...

Flooding across the railway tracks at Ryde has forced the cancellation of Island Line trains this morning (Monday). Heavy rain overnight has flooded low-lying land between St Johns and Smallbrook, meaning trains are unable to operate between Ryde Pier Head...

A night of torrential rain on top of several wet days has led to an ‘act now’ flood warning being put in force for the Carisbrooke and Hunnyhill areas, alongside flood alerts for St John’s in Ryde, the Eastern Yar...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is in attendance at a commercial premises in the heart of Newport this morning (Sunday), with firefighters making entry into the building. 3 appliances from Newport and Cowes, plus the Aerial...