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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,...

UPDATED: Police, paramedics, a Co-Responder, 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat have all responded to reports of a man entering the water on Shanklin Esplanade tonight (Wednesday). The alarm was raised shortly after 20:00 when local...

UPDATED: Firefighters are working to extricate at least 1 person from a car that has flipped onto its roof as a result of a collision with another car on Dover Street in Ryde. 2 appliances from Ryde Fire Station were...

UPDATED: Several birds, reptiles and rodents have died following a fire at the Isle of Wight Pet Centre in Newport last night (Monday). As first reported by Island Echo, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to...