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UPDATED: Hundreds of homes in the Haylands and Binstead areas of Ryde are without water and a road has been flooded as a result of a burst water main this afternoon (Thursday). Ashey Road in Ryde is underwater as thousands...

UPDATED: The pursuit of a vehicle by Police has ended safely outside a school in the Carisbrooke area of Newport this afternoon (Thursday). At just before midday, officers began the pursuit of a BMW 3-series estate through the streets of...

UPDATED: Police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a 2-car road traffic collision on The Downs this morning (Thursday). The incident has occurred at the junction with Knighton Shute, with 1 vehicle going into the back of another. The Isle...

Ryde Inshore Rescue’s new Ryde Rescue 1 lifeboat was in action on the Solent tonight (Wednesday) as part of an investigatory search. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the independent lifeboat at around 21:40 following the sighting of an unusual...

21-year-old Keifer Troy Brenchley of Pallance Road in Northwood admitted failing to stop after a road accident when he appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this week. Brenchley was driving a Ford Fiesta on Pallance Road on the...

UPDATED: Firefighters are tackling a car fire in Ryde this morning (Wednesday). 1 appliance from Ryde Fire Station is currently in attendance at Park Road, where a fire has developed in the engine bay of a Peugeot estate. The Isle...

UPDATED: A main road in Ryde has been closed by the fire service tonight (Tuesday) to allow for the evacuation of an unwell person from a flat. An appliance from Sandown - which was training in Ryde - and the...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to a call out in Wootton this evening (Tuesday) - but fears of a property fire have been well and truly extinguished. 2 appliances - from Newport and Ryde -...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are dealing with a chimney fire at a popular pub in Bembridge this afternoon (Tuesday). An appliance from Ryde was mobilised to the Crab and Lobster at around 14:20 following a call...

UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been called to Binstead near Ryde this morning (Monday). The charity-funded green and yellow helicopter has landed at Pell Lane Recreation Ground, next to Ryde Academy, following a request for...