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The activation of the fire alarm at The Adelaide residential home in Ryde prompted a large response from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service this morning (Friday).  Crews from Ryde, Sandown and Newport were mobilised to Adelaide Place...

Red Funnel is advising customers of cancellations on their hi-speed Red Jet Service this morning (Friday). The 06:45 crossing from West Cowes to Southampton has been cancelled, alongside the 07:15 from Southampton and also the 07:45 from West Cowes. A...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat is responding to reports of an overturned boat adrift near Fishbourne this evening (Thursday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Atlantic-class inshore lifeboat at around 16:40. Wightlink’s Victoria of Wight raised the alarm during a cross-Solent...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has touched down in Sandown this afternoon (Thursday). The helicopter has landed on the rugby club field off Perowne Way, close to Sandown train station. It is understood that the HEMS team...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is responding to reports of a fire at Jewson Moreys in Newport this morning (Thursday). 4 appliances and an aerial ladder platform have been mobilised to the scene on Trafalgar Road having...

Meteorologists at IW Met Service are probing whether or not the Isle of Wight was hit by a small tornado overnight. With most Islanders tucked up in bed and fast asleep, a squall line developed and moved across the Island...

A car left the carriageway and rolled onto its roof on the main Newport to Cowes road overnight, leaving Islanders asking ‘how?’. The Ford Fiesta has crashed outside the Isle of Wight Military History museum on Newport Road, causing damage...

Firefighters and paramedics were mobilised to a dangerous structure in East Cowes during the early hours of this morning (Thursday) when strong winds caused damage to a roof. 1 fire appliance from East Cowes was mobilised at 04:36 to a...

Retained firefighters have helped 2 people lost in the dark and locked in at East Cowes cemetery tonight (Wednesday). Firefighters from the town were mobilised to Kingston Road at 21:34 following reports that 2 drunk individuals were lost and appeared...

A car has ploughed into the window of a charity shop in Freshwater this afternoon (Wednesday). Police are currently on scene at Moa Place where a Nissan has crashed into the town's Wessex Cancer Trust shop. The front of the...