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A 45-year-old man has been arrested, questioned and released after Police located a sword, a knuckleduster and a quantity of drugs at an address in Ryde earlier this week. Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team, working alongside the newly-formed High...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to Ryde Esplanade in response to a medical emergency near the bus station. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are tending to a patient at a property...

Paramedics are in attendance in Lake this afternoon (Thursday) where a pedestrian is laying injured in the road. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has dispatched an ambulance crew and a rapid response paramedic to The Fairway, outside Tesco Express....

Members of the GMB trade union have accepted an improved pay offer from their employer Amey, which means next week’s bin strike has been called off.  GMB union has today (Thursday) notified the Isle of Wight waste contractor that the...

Emergency services have been called to a road traffic incident involving a child on the main road in Wootton this morning (Thursday). An ambulance crew, operational commander and advanced paramedic are in attendance on High Street Wootton at the Cedars...

A blaze that ripped through the last remaining parts of the former Gaiety Amusement Arcade in Ventnor yesterday evening (Tuesday) is being treated as arson, Police have confirmed. A criminal investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the...

A 32-year-old man from West Yorkshire has been jailed for more than 6 years for the part he played in a blackmail plot that targeted an Isle of Wight man, as well as a £160,000 fraud against a wealthy man...

An investigation into the cause of a blaze that ripped through the remains of the former amusement arcade on Ventnor Esplanade yesterday evening (Tuesday) is to get underway later this morning.  Crews from Shanklin, Ventnor, Sandown, Ryde, Newport, Cowes, Freshwater...

Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat was tasked to assist a 48ft motor yacht with steering difficulties near Christchurch Bay yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). The volunteer crew, who were paged to launch the lifeboat at 14:08, headed west out of the Solent towards Christchurch...

2 women aboard a 38ft yacht that had engine trouble were given a welcome tow into Cowes Harbour yesterday evening (Tuesday). The women radioed for help when the yacht was west of Ryde Middle Buoy and drifting in the ebb...