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UPDATED: Homes and businesses in Lake are experiencing a power cut this morning (Thursday). Around 30 postcodes in the PO36 area have been hit by the outage, which is due to a fault with the high voltage network. Scottish and...

UPDATED: Police have cordoned off a cemetery in Newport this morning (Thursday) following the discovery of a body. Officers are currently guarding the scene at Parkhurst Military Cemetery on Forest Road. The entrance, just a stones throw from Hunnyhill Primary...

The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge has been pulled from service this morning (Thursday) due to a technical issue with the vessel’s prow. Although work was carried out on Floating Bridge No6 yesterday, the Isle of Wight Council say that it...

A man has been pulled to safety by 2 off-duty lifeguards after getting into difficulty in the sea off Ventnor Esplanade this evening (Wednesday). Emergency services received a report that someone was in difficulty off the shore at just after...

UPDATED: A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder as part of an investigation into a life-threatening assault in Sandown on Monday night. Detectives detained the unnamed man from Sandown last night and are expected to question...

An elderly man is recovering in hospital after falling and impaling himself on a toilet roll holder in the bathroom of his flat in Ryde last night (Tuesday). As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services were alerted to the...

UPDATED: Firefighters are assisting the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with a time critical incident in Ryde tonight (Tuesday). 1 fire appliance has been mobilised to The London on Swanmore Road, where paramedics are attending to a seriously unwell patient....

UPDATED: Fire crews from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been mobilised to reports of a fire at a property in the South of the Island this evening (Tuesday).  Fire appliances from Ventnor, Shanklin and Newport have...

Police and members of Isle of Wight Search & Rescue are involved in an ongoing search for a missing person at Carisbrooke Castle this afternoon (Tuesday). 2 Police dog units are currently conducting a sweep of the grounds and surrounding...

UPDATED: A large yacht stranded in high winds on Bramble Bank at the entrance to Southampton Water is receiving assistance from 2 RNLI lifeboats this afternoon (Tuesday). It was at 13:43 that Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Cowes’ inshore...