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Hundreds of homes in the South Wight have been left without power tonight (Monday) as the thunderstorm passes over the Isle of Wight.  95 postcode areas have been left without power in the Roud, Wroxall, Upper Ventnor and Godshill areas....

Retained firefighters from Freshwater attended a suspected gas leak in Yarmouth this afternoon (Monday). 1 appliance was mobilised to the incident after Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to the possible presence of gas at...

Liz Truss has today (Monday) been revealed as the country's next Prime Minister, with talks that she will announce tax cuts and a £100billion package to tackle the cost of living within a matter of days. In the coming days,...

Staff shortages mean that Wightlink will be operating a revised timetable on its Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry service tomorrow (Tuesday) and again on Wednesday. The cross-Solent operator says that a lack of an essential member of the crew means fewer ferries...

A new yellow weather warning has been issued for the Isle of Wight with further torrential downpours, thunderstorms and perhaps even a tornado expected this evening (Monday) and overnight into Tuesday. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that once again...

Torrential downpours, which could be worse than those experienced in the last few weeks, are set to hit the Isle of Wight in the coming days prompting the first of several anticipated yellow weather warnings to be issued by IW...

Fire crews from stations across the Isle of Wight have descended on Ventnor Esplanade tonight (Saturday) where smoke is issuing from the ironically named Smoking Lobster restaurant. More than 5 appliances from Shanklin, Sandown, Newport, Cowes and Ryde are on...

Members of the public are being asked to keep a lookout for a motorbike that was stolen in Shanklin Old Village overnight. The blue Lexmoto was last seen in the Old Village between the hours of 18:00 on Thursday and...

The driver of a suspected stolen vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst under the influence following a crash in Ryde tonight (Thursday). At just before 21:20, a grey Ford Focus ST collided with a parked Citroen at...

42-year-old Jonathan Eldridge, who attacked his blind wife with a meat cleaver on Christmas Eve last year, has today (Thursday) been jailed for 9 years. Eldridge called the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service to his home address on West Street,...