Bembridge RNLI's inshore lifeboat launched to reports of a person drifting out to sea and a second person swimming to their aid off St Helens earlier this evening (Saturday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the D-Class lifeboat at around...

3 exhausted paddle boarders were rescued by a passing boat off St Helens this afternoon (Saturday).  Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were alerted to the situation at around 16:15 when Solent Coastguard received a Mayday call from a boat. It was...

Armed Police were deployed to Sandown this morning (Saturday) when a member of the public reported seeing someone with a firearm. Officers descended on the area of High Street and Esplanade at around 11:00. It didn’t take long for the...

New insolvency figures have sparked a call for struggling businesses on the Isle of Wight to seek help sooner rather than later. The latest government statistics from The Insolvency Service show that the number of insolvencies fell sharply in June...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team have been called to reports of persons potentially in distress off Ventnor this afternoon (Saturday). The alarm was raised at just gone 14:00 when members of the public spotted persons...

A person is being rescued from a cliff at Yaverland this afternoon (Saturday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene at Yaverland car park. An individual has become stuck on half...

A friendly pod of dolphins has been spotted in the Solent today (Saturday). It isn't unusual to see dolphins around the coast of the Isle of Wight but they are normally sighted off Sandown and Ventnor, not Cowes and Ryde....

Mountbatten is urging the community not to drop off or take their generous donations to their local charity shop as they reopen across the Island. After an overwhelming increase in the number of donations, and because of changes to the way donations can be...

Concerns for the welfare of a man in his 40s led to a Police search being launched overnight, with the male found in an injured state at the side of the road near Yarbridge. Hampshire Constabulary received a call at just...

Tops Day Nurseries has been praised by Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, for their approach to healthy eating and the MP has agreed to take their concerns about underfunding to Parliament. The nursery, based in Newport, has remained open...