The chair of the Isle of Wight Council faces a challenge from Reform UK, the Green Party and a Conservative at the upcoming local elections.

Their request comes as a major scheme to replace gas mains in and around Binstead Road gets underway this week.

The works will involve a mixture of temporary traffic lights and road closures.

A 32-year-old man from Ryde has been arrested on suspicion of intentional strangulation and common assault.

Ryde and Newport firefighters led a woman to safety following a cooking fire at a property in Binstead last night.