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A power cut is affecting homes and businesses in Yarmouth, Thorley, Shalfleet and Wellow in the West Wight this evening (Thursday). 62 postcode areas in the PO41 region have been hit by the high voltage network fault, which occurred at...

Island Roads will be deploying gritters across the Isle of Wight road network during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Friday). Treatment of major routes will commence at 04:00 as a precautionary measure. The cold weather isn't expected to last...

Police on the Isle of Wight are on the hunt for a suspect who assaulted an officer and then fled on a motorcycle in Cowes yesterday evening (Wednesday). The injured officer was conducting a stop and search under the misuse...

Coastguard officers from Ventnor have been called to invesitgate the discovery of a dolphin on a beach near Chale. A member of the public found the deceased mammal earlier morning (Thursday), prompting a response from Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team. The...

Police searched a flat in connection with the arrest of David Arthur Hopkins UPDATED: 58-year-old David Arthur Hopkins has been charged with a number of offences, including arson with intent, following 2 incidents at Sunset Close in Freshwater earlier this...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to reports of smoke issuing from St Mary’s Hospital this morning (Wednesday). 2 appliances from Newport and Ryde were mobilised to Parkhurst Road at 06:30 after a dog walker reported...

UPDATED: Police are patrolling the Oakfield area of Ryde tonight (Tuesday) after a naked man was spotted walking down the road. Concerned members of the public reported the unusual sighting in the area of Upper Highland Road sometime around 21:45....

Firefighters are tackling a flat fire on Union Street in Ryde this evening (Tuesday). 1 appliance is currently on scene with firefighters commited to the property above iFix Local. Residents have been evacuated and the area cordoned off. Other appliances...

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...