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An elderly woman hitting the accelerator instead of the brake in her automatic car resulted in a talented performer’s life being tragically cut short after she was run over on the driveway of her grandmother’s Newchurch home, an inquest has...

Bembridge Lifeboat launched down the slipway at the request of Solent Coastguard this morning (Sunday) to assist a large broken down motorboat.  The All Weather Lifeboat hit the water at 10:12 to assist the 66ft casualty vessel that had suffered...

Police and HM Coastguard rushed to a tourist hotspot in the West Wight this afternoon (Sunday) following reports of a very young child going missing. At just before 14:25, a frantic 999 call was made reporting that a child had...

A man in his 20s is receiving treatment in hospital after being stabbed in Ventnor late last night (Saturday). Police were called to a premises on the High Street at 23:05 following a report that a man had been stabbed behind the...

Reports that a yacht had suffered a dismasting off Gurnard led to the launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat this afternoon (Saturday). The craft in trouble turned out to be a RIB - with 2 people on board - which had...

45-year-old Samantha Patrick has been charged with drink driving following a 2-car collision in Ryde during the early hours of this morning (Saturday).  Police were called at 00:21 to reports of a collision involving 2 cars on Argyll Street, near...

A 45-year-old man has been killed in a fatal road traffic collision that occurred at Cranmore during the early hours of this morning (Saturday), Police have confirmed. Emergency services were called to Ningwood Hill, just to the west of Cranmore...

Investigations into a serious road traffic collision involving a van, which occurred on the main road at Ningwood overnight, are continuing this morning (Saturday). The main road between Newport and Yarmouth has been closed from Station Road to Hill Place...

Staff sickness means that Island Line will be operating a revised timetable this weekend and again on Monday (25th July). As the summer holidays get underway and tourists flock to the Isle of Wight, trains will be running less frequently...

A motorcyclist has been airlifted to Southampton by the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance following a crash between Godshill and Whitwell last night (Thursday). Emergency services were called to Whitwell Road, near the junction with Meryl Lane, shortly before...