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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: A popular stretch of beach in Sandown has been cordoned off by Police this morning (Sunday) as they investigate what is being described as an assault.  Eastern Beach between the Avenue Road Slipway and Driftwood Beach Bar...

UPDATED: Police have been involved in the pursuit of a vehicle in Newport this evening (Saturday). Several Police units are reported to have responded through Pan Estate and onto Bluebell Meadows at just before 21:15 whilst in pursuit of a...

UPDATED: Residents and businesses in the Sandown and Lake areas are without power this evening (Saturday). A total of 95 areas were hit by an outage at 18:29, however power has already been restored to 32 of them. Power remains off...

PICTURE GALLERY: A storm that has been likened to a silent disco lit up the skies of the Isle of Wight last night (Friday), with over 100 lightning strikes a minute off the West coast. A Met Office weather warning...

A cabin cruiser called High Stakes hit a low spot this evening (Friday) after suffering engine trouble. After being alerted to the incident by Solent Coastguard, the Cowes lifeboat crew launched at 17:26 and proceeded to an area off Gurnard where...

UPDATED: The National Police Air Support helicopter is conducting an aerial search of Chale tonight.  Several readers have reported that the helicopter has been circling the village of Chale and areas of Blackgang since before midnight. Several Police units are...

A sailor is receiving treatment at Southampton General Hospital this evening (Thursday) after sustaining a head injury in an incident on the Solent near to Newtown. Yarmouth RNLI were tasked to launch by Solent Coastguard at just gone 15:00 after...

The Bembridge RNLI Inshore Lifeboat 'The Norman Harvey' was launched to assist a broken down open sports boat with 8 people on board this evening (Wednesday). The casualty vessel was being used for skiing off Lane End beach at Bembridge, the...

One female has been treated for smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire in Ryde this evening (Wednesday). Two appliances from Ryde Fire Station were called to a residential property on Appley Rise shortly before 19:50 following a 999 report of...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: An area of marshland has been cordoned off by Police this afternoon (Wednesday), believed to be in relation to the search for missing pensioner Michael Davies.  Several units have descended on an area between Marsh Close and...