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Police are working to identify 2 teenagers who are wanted in connection with an assault in Cowes High Street yesterday evening (Tuesday). Emergency services were called to reports of an incident on the High Street, outside White Stuff, at 18:50....

Ryde Inshore Rescue launched at the crack of dawn - quite literally - this morning (Wednesday) in response to reports of a broken-down RIB off Bembridge. At just before 05:00, Solent Coastguard had been made aware that 4 persons were...

A number of early morning Red Jet crossings have been cancelled for tomorrow (Wednesday) due to a lack of available crew, it has been announced tonight. Red Funnel says that it has been forced to pull 6 timetabled sailings as...

A cordon has been thrown up around a crime scene on the High Street in Cowes tonight (Tuesday) following what is understood to be an assault.  Police and paramedics were called to the North Wight town at around 18:00, with...

Police have confirmed that the sudden death of a 37-year-old man at an address in Pan yesterday (Monday) isn't being treated as suspicious. Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to the scene on Barton Road- believed...

Bembridge RNLI lifeboat was launched to assist 4 people who were reported to be in the water following the sinking of their 17ft angling boat off Puckpool this afternoon (Monday). Although the 4 persons on board - including 3 children...

A 35-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly trying to gain access to a property in East Cowes whilst armed with a saw. Officers rushed to the scene at Verdon House on Kent Avenue at just before 14:30 this afternoon...

A 27-year-old man who was arrested following an alleged 'hammer attack' in Shanklin on Saturday night has been released on bail pending further Police enquiries. The incident was the 2nd of 3 that Police attended at the Roseglen Hotel in...

Yarmouth RNLI was tasked to assist a sailing boat, with 4 people on board, which had found itself stuck on a large shingle bank in the Solent on Saturday (19th August). The alarm was raised shortly before 17:30 and, within...

A fire aboard a small fishing boat, carrying 2 men and a 13-year-old boy, led to an urgent call-out for Cowes RNLI lifeboat this (Sunday) morning. The outboard had caught fire when the 18-foot craft was over Gurnard Ledge. The...