POLICE CORDON OFF SECLUDED BEACH NEAR RYDE AMID INCIDENT
28th June 2026
BODY OF MAN FOUND ON PATHWAY IN BINSTEAD
29th June 2026
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An injured man who became stuck on a beach in the West Wight whilst enduring lots of pain has thanked the emergency services who rescued him. Retained firefighters from Freshwater Fire Station were called to the beach at Freshwater Bay...
Read moreDetailsProducers of BBC One’s nationwide cookery competition, Britain’s Best Home Cook, are searching high and low across the Isle of Wight for potential participants for the second series of the show. The queen of home cookery, Mary Berry, is set...
Read moreDetailsA yacht taking on water to the west of The Needles was towed to safety by the RNLI this afternoon (Saturday). The incident begun shortly after midday when watch officers at The Needles Coastwatch station sighted the casualty vessel after...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: HM Coastguard are attending an incident involving a child on Shanklin seafront this afternoon (Saturday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are tending to the youngster, who onlookers say was in difficulty just off the shoreline. The child and their half-inflated...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: A road traffic collision is causing delays heading in and out of East Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has taken place on the GKN roundabout at Barton and is thought to involve a motorcyclist. Police and paramedics from...
Read moreDetailsIsle of Wight football coach Stuart Robertson and his son Jack, who plays for Cowes Youth FC Under 15's, recently arranged to meet up with a Bulgarian football club to exchange shirts. Stuart took the opportunity to meet the captain...
Read moreDetailsBembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat spent more than 4 hours at sea aiding a yacht suffering from engine failure last night (Friday). The Tamar-class lifeboat was launched at 18:50 in response to a request from Solent Coastguard to locate and...
Read moreDetailsThe finalists for Wight In Bloom 2018 have been revealed this week. The event, now in it’s fifth year, has seen over 125 entries in 9 categories this year, including best commercial garden and best edible garden. Sponsored by Red...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Sandown have been called to an incident at Fellowship House in Ryde this morning (Saturday). 4 pumping appliances, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit are all on scene at Green...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are attending a crash between 2 vehicles in the car park of Tesco Ryde tonight (Friday). Emergency services were alerted to the slow speed incident at around 21:45, prompting a response from...
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