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UPDATED: Police are in attendance at Culver Down near Sandown this evening (Saturday) as they search for a missing person with the assistance of HM Coastguard. Multiple Police vehicles have gathered in one of the viewpoint car parks on the...

Ryde Inshore Rescue went to the aid of a disabled man and his quadski following a mechanical breakdown off Ryde this afternoon (Friday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Ryde Rescue 1 at around 15:05 following a report of a...

PHOTO GALLERY & VIDEO: Specialist detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) officers from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service are working alongside Police to search a terraced property on Cross Lane in Newport this afternoon (Friday). A 43-year-old man has been arrested...

UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision involving a cyclist and a car on The Downs this evening (Thursday). The incident, at the turning for Brading Downs Road, has resulted in the injured rider coming to rest...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have closed a main road in Newport this afternoon (Thursday) to rescue a seagull in distress. Firefighters have scaled a 135 ladder to reach the roof of clothing store 'Next', where...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat conducted a large search for a possible object in the water off the coast of the Isle of Wight yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). A 25ft motorboat started taking on water after hitting what the crew thought...

Hovertravel have cancelled a number of crossings between Ryde and Southsea tomorrow morning (Thursday) due to technical issues. The 16:45 Hover from Southsea is said to have experienced an engine breakdown which led to a shuttle service being put into...

The victim of Friday night's fatal road traffic collision on Military Road has been named as 30-year-old Steven Harry Thurman of Victoria Road, Freshwater. Mr Thurman died after the vehicle he was travelling in, a Daewoo Tacuma, left the carriageway...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a trailer fire in Arreton this lunchtime (Wednesday).  An air conditioning unit attached to a cement trailer has caught alight prompting 2 appliances from Newport and Shanklin to mobilise to...

The Isle of Wight is set to get its first Beefeater restaurant as Newport prepares to say goodbye to Table Table. Medina Quay at Seaclose Park has been a 'Table Table' branded eatery for a number of years, but owners...