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Photo: Mark Oatley Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is currently in attendance at a large field fire in Ryde this afternoon (Monday). At around 15:40 this afternoon smoke began to issue from a field behind Great...

Popular Isle of Wight theme park Blackgang Chine had to evacuate guests this afternoon (Monday) after its new ride, Shipwrecked, broke down mid-run. The attraction's ‘flying carpet’ style ride, which was acquired from another park elsewhere in the country over...

Motorists are facing lengthy delays heading out of East Cowes this afternoon (Monday) as a result of an incident involving a VW Tiguan. Police and paramedics are currently in attendance on Whippingham Road, near to the junction with Folly Lane....

Police have closed The Downs Road in both directions this lunchtime (Monday) as a result of a road traffic collision. The incident has occurred several hundred yards east of the Hare & Hounds traffic light junction. Emergency services were called...

An incident involving 3 vehicles is causing significant delays on a busy road between Newport and Sandown this afternoon (Monday). Police are in attendance at the scene on the outskirts of Apse Heath at Branstone opposite the Chilli farm. The...

Firefighters from Newport have responded to a property fire in Cowes this morning (Monday). 2 appliances from Newport were mobilised to the scene on Mill Hill Road, at just before 08:00. Crews arrived to find the oven fire had been...

A shortage of staff means that Island Line is once again running a reduced train timetable today (Monday). Despite a major £26million investment in the Ryde-Shanklin railway to keep it open and operating more regularly, a lack of available staff...

A large police presence in Sandown this evening (Sunday), including officers using a drone, was the result of a search for a missing person, police have confirmed. At around 23:00 there were reports of a large police presence in Sandown...

Bembridge RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat was launched this evening (Sunday) to locate a stranded motorboat and its 4 passengers that had broken down off the coast of Seaview. Their D-class lifeboat (RNLB Norman Harvey) was as launched at 21:50 this evening...

Police have attended a single vehicle crash between Ryde and Havenstreet this evening (Sunday). Officers were alerted to a Ford Fiesta leaving the road and coming to rest in a ditch on Stroudwood Road at just before 20:20. No one...