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Rush hour traffic heading in and out of Newport on Staplers Road is being diverted this evening (Friday) as a result of a road traffic collision.  Hampshire Constabulary and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently on scene at...

A broken down car is causing long tailbacks with Hampshire Constabulary directing traffic at the junction of Yarbridge Cross this afternoon (Friday). The blue saloon vehicle appears to have broken down toward the top of the hill leading to the...

Image: Freshwater Fire Station Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service attended a single vehicle road traffic collision in Totland this evening (Thursday). One fire appliance from Freshwater was mobilised to a black Renault hatchback vehicle that collided...

Isle of Wight motorists are facing 8 months of travel disruption as Southern Water prepare to carry out sewer works on Arthurs Hill and surrounding streets in Shanklin. Road closures, temporary traffic lights and diversions will plague the area between...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision has lead police to the main road through Rookley this afternoon (Thursday). The incident is believed to have taken place along the main road through Rookley involving 3 vehicles. The road closure has been put...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts were called to Motherbank, in the Solent between Ryde & Cowes this afternoon (Thursday) after being alerted to the discovery of an unexploded World War 2 bomb. The discovery of the bomb was made by...

Reports of a man jumping overboard from a Wightlink car ferry on the Solent has sparked a large search near to Portsmouth Harbour this lunchtime (Wednesday). A statement issued by HM Coastguard says they are coordinating a search and rescue...

UPDATED: A popular shortcut used by motorists near Godshill has been closed by Police this afternoon (Tuesday) following a road traffic collision. Officers have blocked both ends of Chequers Inn Road, a small lane that connects Bohemia Corner with The...

UPDATED: Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat, the Alfred Albert Williams, is currently assisting a 42ft yacht that is taking on water off the coast of the Isle of Wight. The Tamar-class lifeboat hit the sea at around midday following a...

Bembridge RNLI launched their All-Weather Lifeboat to assist a 50ft yacht that had become tangled with a lobster pot earlier on this afternoon (Monday). ‘Alfred Albert Williams’ was launched at 12:45 in response to a request from Solent Coastguard to...