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A 30-year-old man from Wootton has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and common assault following a disturbance in Lake last night (Saturday). Officers were called to Medway - off The Fairway - at just before 22:00. Island Echo...

Red Funnel is warning of delays and cancellations on its East Cowes-Southampton Route today (Sunday) due to the essential removal of Red Falcon from service. The cross-Solent operator says that an issue with the tie rod on the forward main...

The Cowes Floating Bridge has been suspended this evening (Saturday) due to a ‘minor’ technical issue, says the Isle of Wight Council.  In the latest episode of the Floating Bridge saga, the ‘wight elephant’ has been taken out of service...

A 44-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman are being quizzed over 2 alleged assaults in Ryde last night (Friday). Police responded to the Bettesworth Road area of Haylands following reports of assaults occurring. It was reported that a woman in...

A tractor and trailer unit has lost its load of cauliflowers near Arreton this lunchtime (Saturday), which is causing traffic delays on the main Sandown to Newport Road. The trailer full of brassicas has overturned on Blackwater Road between the...

Police and paramedics are attending a crash near Shorwell this morning (Saturday). The incident, involving a Peugeot 107, has occurred on the main road between Carisbrooke and Shorwell, which has been closed in both directions. Emergency services responded to the...

HM Coastguard, Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat, Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service have all been involved in a concern for welfare alert in Sandown tonight (Friday). Sandown Lifeboat was tasked to launch to reports of a possible...

The driver and passenger of a car are trapped as a result of a vehicle leaving the road at Whippingham - in exactly the same spot where 2 people tragically lost their lives earlier this month.  Police, fire and ambulance...

26-year-old Kazm Saed has been jailed for a total of 13 years after kidnapping an elderly couple in their 80s from their home near Carisbrooke and subjecting them to a terrifying ordeal at knifepoint. Saed, who is originally from Iraq, denied 2...

Thousands of people in Ryde have been left without water this afternoon (Friday) as a result of a major water main burst at Smallbrook. Engineers are desperately trying to control the situation as fresh water flows into the nearby Smallbrook...