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UPDATED: School children have been evacuated from Dinosaur Isle in Sandown over fears of a fire at the popular attraction. 3 fire appliances from Ryde and Shanklin, the aerial ladder platform from Ryde and the Incident Conmand Unit from Newport are...

Wightlink has been forced to cancel no less than 12 sailings on its Fishbourne to Portsmouth route tomorrow (Wednesday) due to a mechanical issue.  The cross-Solent service has been experiencing problems for almost a week, with cancelled crossings on Thursday,...

How the new hotel will look Sandown seafront is set to see its new Premier Inn taking shape within a matter of weeks with construction of the new 100-bedroom hotel programmed to start in June.  Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn,...

Paramedics are checking over 1 person following a minor road traffic collision at Nettlestone this morning (Thursday).  2 Police units and an ambulance were sent to the scene at the Green at 07:40. The crash has involved 2 vehicles, 1...

Headteacher Richard White The Isle of Wight Studio School is set to close its doors for good next year, it has been announced this afternoon (Monday). The decision to close the 4-year-old establishment has been agreed in principle by ministers...

UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision on Forest Road on the outskirts of Newport this afternoon (Monday), which has led to the main road to Yarmouth becoming blocked. The incident has happened at the cross...

Heavy fog hindered the rescue of an injured paraglider in the West Wight earlier this afternoon (Sunday). At around midday the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service was called to an area of remote downland at Compton, between Brook and Freshwater,...

Those crossing the Solent with Wightlink are facing delays of some 90 minutes this afternoon (Sunday) due to a mechanical breakdown on the Fishbourne to Portsmouth route. Earlier on today the 12:00 sailing from Portsmouth was cancelled, as was the...

A thunderstorm that passed across the Isle of Wight throughout yesterday evening and into the early hours of this morning (Sunday) brought not only amazement, but destruction too. At around 18:00 the claps of thunder and flashes of lightning began...

UPDATED: Firefighters are tonight (Saturday) tackling a large house fire in Bembridge. Crews from Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin are on scene at Egerton Road where the roof of a residential property has burst into flames. A total of 4 appliances, an...