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UPDATED: Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision between a car and a pedestrian at Ningwood this evening (Tuesday). The incident has occurred outside The Horse and Groom pub on the A3054 Ningwood Hill between Shalfleet and Yarmouth....

UPDATED: Paramedics and Police are dealing with a single vehicle crash on Bowcombe Road on the outskirts of Carisbrooke this afternoon (Tuesday). It is understood a car has overturned on the fast stretch of road outside Rowborough Barn between Carisbrooke...

UPDATED: Passengers on board Wightlink's brand new car ferry, Victoria of Wight, are reporting mid-Solent troubles for the vessel this afternoon (Monday). The 15:30 sailing from Portsmouth Harbour to Fishbourne appears to have developed a fault just outside of Portsmouth...

A yacht that suffered an engine fire in the Solent sparked a rescue operation by Cowes RNLI lifeboat yesterday afternoon (Sunday).  The 37ft Haven Star, with 2 men and 2 women on board, reported the fire while east of Cowes...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have had to suspend their cross-Solent service tonight (Sunday) due to a technical issue with their sole remaining hovercraft, Island Flyer. Passengers on both sides of the Solent are stranded and will have to seek alternative transport as...

UPDATED: Ryde Inshore Rescue and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team have been called to assist a kite surfer off Seaview this afternoon (Sunday). Volunteer Lifeboat crew members are investigating whether or not the kite surfer requires assistance. The alarm was raised...

UPDATED: Officers from HM Coastguard have been tasked to a developing incident on Tennyson Down in the West Wight this afternoon (Sunday).  Coastguard Rescue Teams from The Needles and Ventnor have been mobilised to a female in distress on cliffs...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to reports of a property fire in Arreton this afternoon (Sunday). 2 appliances from Newport were mobilised to an address on the Main Road at just gone 12:10. Crews with...

UPDATED: A large tree branch has snapped and come crashing down on top of a car in Ryde tonight (Saturday). The incident has taken place on Castle Street between the junctions of Nelson Place and Dover Street. Due to the...

UPDATED: Hundreds of properties in the Nettlestone and Seaview areas have lost power this evening (Saturday). A fault with the high voltage network has plunged 74 postcodes into darkness in the PO34 5 region. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say...