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Firefighters are tackling a flat fire on Union Street in Ryde this evening (Tuesday). 1 appliance is currently on scene with firefighters commited to the property above iFix Local. Residents have been evacuated and the area cordoned off. Other appliances...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Ryde and Newport are attending a portacabin fire on an area of waste land in the middle of Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday). 2 appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene off...

46-year-old David Luke Soppitt of Forest Way, Winford has been jailed for 32 months after pointing a BB gun at his partner's head and then turning it towards Police. As first reported by Island Echo, Armed Police descended on the...

UPDATE: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in a remote spot on St Boniface Down above the town of Ventnor this afternoon (Tuesday). The life saving charity were called into action by the Isle of Wight...

UPDATED: Emergency services have been called back to a property in Freshwater this morning (Tuesday) where a substance has been thrown in a man’s face. Police, fire and ambulance crews attended a bungalow on Sunset Close last night after what...

Police have closed Brocks Copse Road between Wootton and Whippingham this morning (Tuesday) as a result of a single vehicle road traffic collision. A gold Peugeot 306 has ended upside down and on its roof in the middle of the...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Wootton this evening (Sunday), which has seen one vehicle leave the road and come to a stop deep in a hedge. Police, fire and ambulance crews are all...

UPDATED: Motorists are facing delays on The Downs Road between Ryde and Newport this afternoon (Saturday) due to an overturned trailer in the middle of the road. The incident has occurred at the junction of Lime Kiln Shute and Rowlands...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have closed Sandown High Street this afternoon (Friday) due to a dangerous structure. A cordon has been erected around Serenity’s over fears for public safety as masonry and slates crash to...

Coastguard Rescue 175 has been involved in airlifting an injured person from a remote location near Alverstone to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport this morning (Friday). The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to a remote spot off the...