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The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a fire at a thatched cottage in Brighstone this evening (Saturday). 2 appliances from Newport are currently on the scene. Emergency services were alerted to the cottage, located off a...

Saturday shoppers witnessed the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service swing into action in the middle of Newport this afternoon (Saturday) to rescue a herring gull. Firefighters from nearby Newport Fire Station were called out at around 15:00 when...

A 2-inch mortar that was discovered in a farmer’s field in Shanklin has been blown up in a controlled explosion at Yaverland beach near Sandown this morning (Saturday). 3 Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts from Portsmouth - and a fourth...

The Isle of Wight's Joint Operations Roads Policing Team have seized a vehicle that was being driven on the road by a 16-year-old this evening (Friday). Officers pulled the silver Suzuki Swift over whilst out on patrol in the Newport area....

Staplers Road in Newport is now open to traffic in both directions following months of water main replacement works by Southern Water. The one-way system that has led to diversions in the area since January has now been removed, allowing...

Police are asking Islanders if they recognise a tipper van following the theft of 2 copper water tanks from a farm in Brighstone. Officers would like to hear from anyone who saw the van (pictured above) in the Military Road...

Dominic Wong, founder of BoRo Beach Bike The BoRo beach bike, which arrived in Ryde to much fanfare last year, will not be returning to the northern shores of the Isle of Wight in 2019, it has been announced. The...

Islanders across the East Wight had their eyes to the skies this afternoon (Thursday) when a RAF C17 Globemaster made a rare appearance in local airspace. It is not unusual to see the odd Chinook helicopter flying around the Isle...

"We were not protected, we were placed at risk" - they are the words of Nikki Flux-Edmonds following the publication of a NHS independent investigation into the death of her 6-year-old daughter Keziah, who was drowned by her mentally ill father...

The driver of a van was pulled by Police and later arrested on the outskirts of Newport yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Officers from Ryde Neighbourhood Patrol Team, assisted by dog handler PC Bartle and her trusty sidekick PD Chase, pulled over...