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A motorcyclist is receiving treatment in hospital for what has been described as serious injuries following a collision with a car in Newport at lunchtime today (Friday). The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police responded to Sylvan Drive, at...

Emergency services are in attendance at Sandown High Street this morning (Wednesday) where a pedestrian is laid injured in the road. The incident has occurred at the junction with Albion Road, close to the Friends of the Animals charity shop,...

Picket lines have been formed at Red Funnel’s East Cowes and Southampton terminals this morning (Wednesday) as the first day of strike action by staff gets underway. As tourists descend on the Isle of Wight for the summer holidays they...

Police responded to reports of the discovery of a body found hanging from a tree in a remote part of East Cowes this afternoon (Monday) - but officers have failed to locate anything untoward. At just before 15:50, officers were...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and HM Coastguard teams from Bembridge and Ventnor have been in action in Shanklin this afternoon (Tuesday) over concerns for a group of people potentially cut off by the tide. Members of the public flagged...

Firefighters are tackling a lineside fire in Ashey on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Monday). 2 appliances from Ryde are in attendance to the rear of Ashey Garage, where a small fire has broke out on the western bank...

-A car has rolled over and come to a rest on its side - trapping the occupants - on the main road between Godshill and Whitwell this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency services are currently on scene near the junction with Beacon...

A 19-year-old man has sustained a 4-inch slash to his face following a serious assault involving broken glass in Ryde overnight, with a suspect now in custody. As first reported by Island Echo, an alleyway between Union Street and Church...

An investigation into a suspected arson attack on a vehicle in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Tuesday) has been launched. 1 fire appliance was mobilised to Ash Road on Pan Estate at 01:50, with firefighters using a...

A car has overturned onto its roof on Adelaide Grove this afternoon (Tuesday). Emergency services including Police and Ambulance are in attendance at the scene where a Peugeot 3008 has rolled on a straight section of the road. The vehicle...