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Prison officers at HMP Isle of Wight have brought about a peaceful end to a volatile situation after 2 prisoners barricaded themselves inside a cell within the walls of Albany prison last night (Tuesday). Emergency protocols were activated and extra...

UPDATED: A power cut has hit hundreds of properties in rural central and western parts of the Isle of Wight this morning (Wednesday). The outage hit at around 09:20 and is currently affecting more than 86 postcodes in areas such...

UPDATED: A 2-car road traffic collision has resulted in the closure of Blackwater Hollow for the second time today (Tuesday). Emergency services are currently on scene at the junction of Blackwater Hollow and Blackwater Road (A3056), near to Radcliffe's farm...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision in Rookley this lunchtime (Tuesday), which has forced the closure of the main road to and from Newpor through the village. The crash has occurred at the junction with Highwood Lane...

UPDATED: A major new scheme has been launched today (Tuesday) offering discounted cross-Solent travel for Island families and other residents on low incomes. The initiative has been developed by the Isle of Wight Council with ferry companies Wightlink, Red Funnel...

UPDATED: The main road between Shanklin and Ventnor has been closed to traffic this morning (Tuesday) due to a gas leak in Shanklin Old Village. Motorists heading in and out of Ventnor will now have to divert via Wroxall as...

UPDATED: Those crossing the Solent with Hovertravel this morning (Tuesday) face disruption to their journey as the travel operator is running a shuttle service.  Arrivals and departures from Ryde and Southsea are occurring as frequently as possible, but not to...

The Boundary Commission for England has today (Monday) published its final recommendations for new constituency boundaries, which determines how the Isle of Wight will be split in half with 2 Members of Parliament elected. A report was handed to Government...

UPDATED: Police, HM Coastguard, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Bembridge RNLI are attending a concern for welfare incident at Culver Cliff tonight (Sunday). A number of Police units are currently situated at the top of the cliff between...

Bembridge RNLI's All-Weather Lifeboat launched to assist Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 with an urgent medivac from a 35ft yacht this afternoon (Sunday). Although already on scene some 20 miles south of Bembridge, Rescue 175 was unable to effect a hi-line...