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Ryde Inshore Rescue's brand new lifeboat will be welcomed on station at Appley later today (Tuesday), ready to begin her operational career as a search and rescue asset helping those in peril on the sea. The new Ryde Rescue 1...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a shed fire in Ryde this afternoon (Saturday). 1 appliance is on scene at Hayward Avenue, where a fire at the rear of a bungalow has sent black smoke...

UPDATED: A large sinkhole has appeared on Hope Hill in Shanklin this morning (Wednesday). The void, measuring around half a metre wide and of unknown depth, has developed in the middle of the carriageway on one of the bends leading...

UPDATED: Firefighters are responding to a fire at a block of flats in Ventnor this afternoon (Tuesday). Appliances from Shanklin and Ventnor are already on scene on the main road into the town and 2 appliances from Ryde are still...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a small fire at W.A. Foods wholesalers in Shanklin this afternoon (Tuesday). Appliances from Shanklin, Ventnor and Ryde are on scene at Ponoma Road and the Incident Command Unit...

UPDATED: Hampshire Constabulary and WightSAR - the Island’s voluntary search and rescue team - are conducting a missing person search at Parkhurst Forest tonight (Monday). Search and rescue operatives were called into action at the request of the Police at around...

A teenage driver has had a lucky escape after crashing into a tree on Firestone Copse Road near Havenstreet this morning (Saturday). Police were called to the scene between Wootton and Havenstreet shortly after 10:00 when the red Skoda Fabia...

Police and paramedics are attending a minor 2-car crash in Lake this morning (Saturday). The incident, which has taken place on the junction of High Street/Sandown Road/Newport Road, has involved a Skoda Yeti and a Suzuki Alto. Police were called...

UPDATED: Residents of 2 blocks of flats in Ryde have been evacuated as a result of a fire that has broke out in an external area this morning (Friday). 2 appliances from Ryde are currently on scene at School Street...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a fire near the Hoy Monument on St Catherine's Down this afternoon (Thursday). Appliances from Newport and Shanklin, as well as water carriers from Freshwater and Ventnor,...