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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...

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...