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UPDATED: Multiple fire appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to Gurnard Pines this evening (Sunday).  4 appliances from Cowes, Newport and East Cowes are at the scene alongside the water carrier from Freshwater. Firefighters wearing...

UPDATED: A Police pursuit through the streets of Ryde has resulted in an aerial search by the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter this morning (Sunday). Officers from the Joint Operations Unit were seen to be in pursuit of a...

UPDATED: Residents in parts of Ryde are without water this morning (Sunday) due to a burst pipe, which is forcing water up through the pavement on West Hill Road. Thousands of litres of water is rising up to the surface,...

Retained firefighters from Freshwater were called out this afternoon (Saturday) after a disposable BBQ was thrown over the edge of a cliff, setting fire to undergrowth. 1 appliance was mobilised by fire control at around 13:45 following reports of a...

UPDATED: Police and paramedics are attending a road traffic collision in Cowes this morning (Saturday). The incident has taken place at the junction of Mill Hill Road and Victoria Road in the town. Emergency services were alerted to the crash at...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised to HMP Isle of Wight tonight (Friday). Appliances from Ryde, Newport and Cowes are all on scene off Parkhurst Road. The alarm was raised just before 21:15. UPDATE @...

Islanders are in for another hot and sunny weekend according to local forecasters, but the seasonal weather brings additional risks to those enjoying everything the Isle of Wight has to offer. Tomorrow (Saturday) will be a fine and mostly sunny...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Hampshire Constabulary have been called to a road traffic collision in Shanklin this afternoon (Friday). Paramedics are on scene at Wilton Park Road in the town where 2 vehicles have crashed. Police...

UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision between Whitwell and Niton this afternoon (Friday). 3 cars are reported to be involved in the incident, which has resulted in the closure of the main road between the...

Photo: James Pink/RNLI Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat launched as the sun rose across the Solent earlier this morning (Friday) to locate and assist a 41ft charter sailing yacht. 'Ocean Wanderer', on passage from France to the Hamble, had run out of fuel...