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The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to the village of St Helens this morning (Saturday) where medics are tending to a seriously ill patient. Flying doctors were alerted to the medical emergency at an address...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has launched an investigation after a patient was seriously injured following a fall from a window at St Mary's Hospital on Thursday. Police and paramedics rushed to the hospital site in Newport at just...

Police were deployed on the streets of Ryde last night (Thursday) after reports were received of a man in possession of a knife, with subsequent reports of 2 men fighting. Officers were alerted at 23:35 to reports of a fight...

Police are hunting for a male wanted in connection with a violent attack in Newport last night (Thursday) which left a man with injuries to his head and 2 women fearing for their lives. Officers were called to an address...

A burst water main has forced the closure of St John's Hill in Ryde this morning (Friday) leading to diversions for motorists and local buses. Southern Water engineers are on site fixing the pipe, which has blown near to the...

A fire appliance from Newport was called to extinguish a blaze involving a disused shed on Pelham Road in Cowes earlier today (Thursday). The wholetime crew were called out shortly before 14:00 and used a hose reel jet to extinguish...

Firefighters were called to Sandown following reports of smoke issuing from beneath a man hole and a smell of burning earlier this afternoon (Thursday). A retained crew from Shanklin was called at around 13:00 to St John's Crescent and instigated...

Firefighters from Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Newport are responding to a reported fire at Alamo in Ryde this evening (Wednesday). 4 pumping appliances and an Aerial Ladder Platform are on scene at Ryde Esplanade, but there are no signs of...

Autumnal conditions being experienced across the Isle of Wight this week are set to worsen as the day goes on with a yellow weather warning for heavy rain issued for this afternoon (Wednesday). IW Met Service says that a large...

The family of 70-year-old Robert Ian Forman from Carisbrooke have paid tribute to the 'wonderful husband, father and grandfather' who died in a single-vehicle collision on Military Road last month. Ian - as he was more commonly known as -...