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UPDATED: Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision on Forest Road between Newport and Shalfleet this morning (Friday). A black Volkswagen is said to have left the carriageway and come to rest in amongst the trees on the...

Firefighters tackled a 25 x 25m garden fire in Wootton late last night (Thursday). Appliances from Newport Fire Station were mobilised to an address on Palmers Road shortly before midnight following reports of a large fire in a rear garden....

UPDATED: Police on the Isle of Wight have rescued a dog that was left in a boiling hot car in the car park of Osborne House in East Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). Staff at the English Heritage run site were...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a 25 x 25m fire in the open at Borthwood Farm in Alverstone this afternoon (Thursday). 2 appliances from Shanklin and Ryde and 2 water carriers from Ventnor and...

UPDATED: Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire which has taken hold of a number of sheds and a large tree in the heart of Shanklin this morning (Thursday). Fire crews from Shanklin, Ventnor and Ryde are on scene having...

UPDATE: Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to persons trapped in mud on the River Medina in Newport this evening (Wednesday). The incident is unfolding on the banks...

UPDATED: Fire crews are battling to free 2 persons trapped inside a car following a collision with a tree on Mill Hill road in Cowes. Multiple emergency services are on scene including 2 fire appliances from Newport. The road has...

A 60-year-old woman who was struck on the head by a yacht’s boom was rushed ashore by Cowes RNLI lifeboat this afternoon (Wednesday). The woman was aboard the 40ft Wet Wheels of Hamble off Wootton Creek when the accident occurred....

Firefighters have extinguished an out of control bonfire in the front garden of a property in East Cowes tonight (Tuesday).  The hedge fire has left a large tree charred after flames shot into the night sky. 1 appliance from East...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tackled an out of control fire near Chale this afternoon (Tuesday). 1 appliance from Newport Fire Station was mobilised to the rural South Wight at around 15:25. Once on scene at...