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UPDATED: Park Road in Wootton has been closed for emergency tree maintenance works this morning (Friday). Island Roads say that the cut-through road has been closed for its entire length between Lushington Hill and Whiterails Road (Briddlesford roundabout). High winds...

Firefighters from Ryde and Shanklin have responded to a commercial premises in Sandown this morning (Friday). 2 appliances and an officer were mobilised to Charles’s Angels salon on the High Street at around 09:55 over fears of a fire within...

Although the adverse weather conditions are causing disruption to cross-Solent travel, it is technical gremlins that have resulted in the cancellation of a number of Wightlink sailings on the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route this morning (Friday). Wightlink say the 08:30 sailing from...

UPDATED: Adverse weather conditions are causing disruption to cross-Solent travel this morning (Friday). Hovertravel have suspended their Ryde to Southsea service until further notice due to the strong winds. It’s likely that the hover service will be out of action...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are working alongside colleagues from the ambulance service to evacuate a patient from a property in Newport tonight (Thursday). The Mall has been closed in both directions by Police as firefighters...

UPDATED: A car has mounted the pavement and smashed into a number of plant pots in dramatic style on Ryde Esplanade this morning (Thursday). The Renault Clio mounted the pavement near to The King Lud at around 10:30, narrowly missing...

62-year-old Paula Skelly is to appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court tomorrow (Friday) accused of arson following a fire at the St Mortiz and Tarvic 2 hotels in Sandown back in September. Following a lengthy Police investigation, Hampshire...

Hovertravel's Solent Flyer has returned to Ryde this morning (Thursday) having been out of service for the past 11 weeks. The troubled craft has been undergoing major repair work and alterations at Griffon Hoverwork in Southampton following a breakdown on...

UPDATED: Police have closed the upper part of Newport High Street tonight (Wednesday) as a result of an ongoing incident. Officers are stopping vehicles from travelling down the one-way road from its junction with Drill Hall Road. Southern Vectis say...

UPDATED: Police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a 3-vehicle road traffic collision on Wootton High Street this evening (Wootton). The incident has taken place between the Tesco Express store and the Central store and is leading to significant delays in...