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UPDATED: Firefighters from Ryde and Newport are attending a portacabin fire on an area of waste land in the middle of Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday). 2 appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene off...

UPDATE: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in a remote spot on St Boniface Down above the town of Ventnor this afternoon (Tuesday). The life saving charity were called into action by the Isle of Wight...

UPDATED: Emergency services have been called back to a property in Freshwater this morning (Tuesday) where a substance has been thrown in a man’s face. Police, fire and ambulance crews attended a bungalow on Sunset Close last night after what...

Police have closed Brocks Copse Road between Wootton and Whippingham this morning (Tuesday) as a result of a single vehicle road traffic collision. A gold Peugeot 306 has ended upside down and on its roof in the middle of the...

UPDATED: Police are understood to be seeking a suspect in connection with an arson attack on a property in Freshwater tonight (Monday). A number of officers responded to Sunset Close off the High Street alongside colleagues from the Isle of...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service implemented a 'code red' protocol today (Monday) due to a lack of available fire appliances. Retained firefighters across the Island received a message from fire control informing them of the situation...

UPDATED: Rush hour commuters travelling across the Solent are facing disruption this evening (Monday) as Hovertravel have suspended their cross-Solent service. A technical issue with Solent Flyer means that the Ryde to Southsea route has ground to a halt. Hovertravel...

Former Cowes Enterprise College teacher Graeme Bell of Coronation Road, Cowes appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this morning (Monday) having been found guilty of assaulting a pupil. Bell, 46, was found guilty at trial earlier this year...

61-year-old Anthony Kimber of Ryde Road, Seaview has appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court charged with manslaughter and causing/allowing the death of a vulnerable adult. Mr Kimber is accused of unlawfully killing his mother by gross negligence by...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Whippingham Road on the outskirts of East Cowes this morning (Monday). The incident has taken place on the A3021 - the main road in and out of East Cowes -...