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Firefighters are tackling a bedroom fire at Travelodge in Newport this afternoon (Sunday). The hotel on Lugley Street has been evacuated as crews from Newport and Ryde work to extinguish the fire. 3 appliances are on scene alongside an aerial...

Forecasters at IW Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for the Isle of Wight with multiple spells of stormy weather developing over the next few days. The first of the bad weather will arrive late afternoon or early...

Fire crews from Newport, Shanklin and Ryde have rescued a horse that got stuck in the mud in a field in Godshill earlier this morning (Sunday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Sheepwash Lane on...

A power cut is affecting properties in rural parts of Central and West Wight tonight (Saturday). Those living in Brighstone, Shalfleet, Shorwell, Calbourne and Newbridge are without electricity as a result of the main network fault. Scottish and Southern Electricity...

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ventnor and Bembridge have successfully rescued a dog after an adventure over the cliff between Ventnor and St Lawrence this afternoon (Saturday). The incident began at around 12:30 when HM Coastguard were alerted to the plight...

A 19-year-old girl has sadly died following a car crash on the main Newport to Sandown road near Arreton overnight. Emergency services were alerted to a single-vehicle collision at Hale Common - between Branstone and Arreton - at just gone 23:30...

A serious road traffic collision has resulted in the closure of the main Newport to Sandown road at Arreton this morning (Saturday). Police have closed the road between Watery Lane and Downend Road as a result of an incident in...

Fears of a blaze developing at The Bay Academy in Sandown have been dowsed, with smoke from a nearby bonfire being blamed for the alert tonight (Friday). 3 retained appliances from Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde, the aerial ladder platform from...

Coastguard officers have been called to Whale Chine this morning (Friday) following reports of a dog falling over the cliff edge.  Ventnor and Needles Coastguard Rescue Teams were both called to the incident off of Military Road between Chale and...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision in Wootton this evening (Thursday). As previously reported, emergency services were called to Firestone Copse Road in Wootton at 17:00 following a single-vehicle collision involving a motorbike. The motorcyclist - a...