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UPDATED: The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge has been pulled from service this morning (Monday) due to fears of hitting the wall on the East Cowes side of the River Medina. Staff have moored the vessel up at the Cowes slipway...

Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team have been stood down from an incident near Fort Victoria this afternoon (Sunday). Solent Coastguard tasked the All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) from Yarmouth to launch at around 15:15 following reports of...

The occupants of a Nissan Micra have escaped injury after the car hit a bank and rolled onto its roof on Brading Downs.  Police are currently on scene at the incident near the junction with Upper Adgestone Road having been...

Fire crews from Freshwater and Yarmouth have extinguished a chimney fire at a house in Wellow this morning (Sunday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Main Road at just gone 04:40 following a 999 call...

A 40ft yacht that run aground off Egypt Point this afternoon (Saturday) has been assisted into Cowes Harbour by Cowes RNLI Lifeboat. The volunteer RNLI crew were tasked to launch their Atlantic 85 Lifeboat shortly before 16:45 after the casualty...

2 minor road traffic collisions, which have occurred within metres of each other, are causing traffic delays for motorists in Ryde this afternoon (Friday). The incidents have taken place on St John's Road - the main 'A' road through the...

UPDATED: Heavy rain is likely to fall across the Isle of Wight late on Sunday and overnight into Monday morning - that's according to the Met Office who have issued a yellow weather warning this morning (Friday). Although it is...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a chemical incident in Sandown tonight (Thursday) as a result of a corrosive liquid being poured down a set of public steps. Dishwater detergent, labelled as corrosive and containing sodium...

Cross-Solent operator Wightlink has pulled another 13 sailings on it's Fishbourne to Portsmouth route, this time due to a 'routine regulatory inspection'. In the past week, since 19th April, no less than 38 crossings between the Isle of Wight and...

 UPDATED: The discovery of an unexploded bomb has forced the closure of Shorwell Shute and Bowcombe Road this afternoon (Thursday). Police have closed the main road connecting the village of Shorwell to Newport in both directions whilst they await the arrival...