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UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a building fire at the derelict Harcourt Sands complex in Ryde this afternoon (Saturday). 2 appliances are on scene off Puckpool Hill, where crews are working externally to extinguish...

The weekend is set to be a washout with a yellow weather warning now issued for heavy rain across the Isle of Wight. Local forecasters IW Met Service say that an Atlantic low pushing in from the South West will temporarily introduce...

A Toyota Yaris has been severely damaged after crashing into a garden wall in Ryde this evening (Friday). Police and paramedics were called to the scene on Swanmore Road at around 17:15 as a result of reports of a road traffic...

Fire crews from Shanklin, Newport, Ryde and Ventnor have all responded to reports of a fire at Porter Court in Lake this evening (Friday). At around 17:25 the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised several resources - including...

UPDATED: It's not a good day for Solent travel with high winds and technical issues resulting in the suspensions and cancellations of several cross-Solent services. Red Funnel's Hi-Speed Red Jet service between West Cowes and Southampton has been suspended due...

Hovertravel have announced that they will be running a 1-craft, revised timetable between now and 12th November due to a major technical issue with Solent Flyer. The cross-Solent service between Ryde and Southsea will, for the next 7 weeks, be...

Several hundred properties are without power in Newport as gusty winds whistle across the Isle of Wight tonight (Thursday). Some 28 postcodes in the PO30 5 area have been affected by the high voltage network fault. Power was lost at...

Retained firefighters from Freshwater battled to extinguish a car fire in a field near Chessell earlier on tonight (Thursday). A single appliance was mobilised to the scene between Calbourne and Freshwater following reports of a vehicle well alight. 2 firefighters...

UPDATED: Commuters and day trippers crossing the Solent via Hovertravel tomorrow (Friday) are facing significant disruption due to yet another technical issue. 1 of the troubled Flyer hovercraft has been pulled from service for what has been described as a...

The IW Meteorological Service have issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain and gusty winds tonight (Thursday) and overnight into Friday morning. Local forecasters say that an active cold front will cross the Island during the early hours of...