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3 Police officers have sustained minor injuries following an incident inside Newport Police Station this evening (Thursday). Riot shields were drawn when an Armed Response Unit pulled up outside the High Street station shortly after 17:00. Officers entered the building...

HM Coastguard, Ryde Inshore Rescue and Ryde Lifeguards are responding to multiple people in the water off Ryde seafront this evening (Thursday). Lifeguards and a passing boat have rescued 4 swimmers - 3 children and an adult - to the...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a large field fire in Apse Heath this afternoon (Thursday). Multiple fire appliances from across the Island have called to Alverstone Road where a field is ablaze. Firefighters were mobilised...

How a juvenile white-tailed eagle will look. Photo by Mike Crutch A pair of white-tailed eagles have been reintroduced to the Isle of Wight this week for the first time in 240 years, with a further 4 eagles to be...

Firefighters from Newport, Freshwater and Yarmouth have tackled a house fire in Brighstone overnight. 3 appliances and a Aerial Ladder Platform were mobilised to Moortown Lane at 01:19 this morning (Thursday) following a 999 call reporting a fire at a...

Firefighters from Ryde came to the rescue of a telecoms engineer who found himself stuck around 30ft in the air earlier this afternoon (Wednesday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Corbett Road, close to the...

Emergency services have been called to a cliff fall in Luccombe this lunchtime (Wednesday).  Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team, the Isle of Wight Rescue Service and Police are currently in attendance at the beach at the far end of Shanklin Esplanade. The...

6 teenagers training at the Isle of Wight's UKSA sailing academy have been arrested on suspicion of robbery following an incident in Cowes yesterday evening (Tuesday). A staggering 13 Police units from across the Island responded to UKSA on Arctic...

A man stuck up to his waist in mud on the River Medina was rescued by fire crews and HM Coastguard during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). At around 00:30, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service...

Put the raincoats away... the Isle of Wight is set to bask in glorious sunshine over the forthcoming Bank Holiday Weekend with temperatures of up to 29c expected. Local forecasters IW Met Service say that the weather is set to...