Breaking News

Firefighters from Newport and Ryde are tackling a fire in the open in the West Wight this afternoon (Monday). 1 wholetime appliance from Newport and a Land Rover 4x4 are on scene at Broad Lane, where hay has caught alight....

HM Coastguard is conducting a shoreline search in East Cowes in a bid to locate a metal item suspected of being a piece of World War II ordnance. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team are in attendance on the Esplanade at the...

A 21-year-old man from Guildford has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of LSD after a young male was hospitalised following an incident at a holiday park in Shanklin yesterday (Saturday). As first reported by Island...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat was at sea for more than 9 hours last night (Saturday) as part of a major search and rescue operation to find a missing kayaker off Selsey, West Sussex. Volunteers launched the lifeboat at the...

A car has narrowly avoided hitting a building within the grounds of St Mary’s Hospital after crashing through a wooden fence this morning (Sunday). Police are currently in attendance at the Forest Road junction of the wider St Mary’s Junction...

The Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, local paramedics, firefighters, Coastguard officers and Police are all working together to rescue a young girl from a remote section of coastline in East Cowes tonight (Saturday). Emergency services are currently located on the...

An individual has been rushed to hospital under Police escort following an incident at a holiday park in Shanklin this evening (Saturday). Emergency services were called to Lower Hyde Holiday Park off Landguard Manor Road shortly before 18:30. It's known...

Police have closed the main road through Brading in both directions this afternoon (Saturday) whilst paramedics tend to an injured pedestrian. The incident has occurred on New Road, between the junctions of Station Gardens and Wrax Road. St John Ambulance...

A meat cleaver and a machete have been seized on the streets of Shanklin overnight.  Police conducted a stop and search on a male in the seaside town late last night (Friday) and discovered 2 large, concealed bladed articles. A...

Graham Biss, Steve Apter and Jeremy Dale have all been recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list, it has been announced tonight (Friday). Graham Biss, Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, has been awarded a British Empire Medal...