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A car has ploughed head-on into a lamp post in Newport tonight (Sunday). A silver Mitsubishi Colt has come to an abrupt stop on St George’s Way just off the Asda roundabout. Police have closed the Newport bound carriageway between...

Colin Firth at the Hard Rock Stage Soaring temperatures thanks to an incoming heatwave made for idyllic conditions under the blue skies yesterday (Saturday) for Day 3 of the Isle of Wight Festival 2018. It was the Hard Rock Stage...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tonight (Saturday) responded to 2 separate incidents within 15 minutes of one another. At around 23:00 crews from Newport and Shanklin were called to a reported fire near Sandown Airport,...

Hovertravel's Ryde to Southsea service is relying on a single craft this weekend - arguably the busiest weekend of the year - following a significant breakdown of 1 of the hovercraft yesterday (Friday). 'Island Flyer' completed a journey from Ryde...

The first day of the Isle of Wight Festival proper saw beautiful sunshine engulf the Isle of Wight with tens of thousands of people waking up at, or making their way to Seaclose Park in Newport. Kasabian, who last played...

A heatwave bringing temperatures of 30c or more is expected to hit the Isle of Wight next week, according to local forecasters IW Met Service. The sunny weather currently being experienced across the Island is set to stay for at...

UPDATED: Island Line services have been suspended this afternoon (Friday) as a result of a vehicle striking the railway bridge at Sandown. The line between Shanklin and Ryde Pier Head has been closed over safety fears after a lorry hit...

UPDATED: Emergency services are dealing with a crash on the main Newport to Sandown road at Blackwater this morning (Friday). 4 people are understood to be injured as a result of the collision, which is said to involve a lorry and...

UPDATED: 3 people - believed to be festival revellers - have been rescued from a rather sticky situation by HM Coastguard in Newport overnight. Shortly before 01:00 this morning (Friday) emergency services were alerted to a number of persons stuck...

UPDATED: Police, Fire and ambulance crews are attending a 2-car road traffic collision in Ryde this evening (Thursday), which has resulted in a Renault Clio coming to rest upside down on it’s roof. 3 ambulances are in attendance at High...