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An urban search is underway in Newport this afternoon (Monday) to locate a high-risk missing male. WightSAR – the Island’s voluntary search and rescue organisation – has deployed a full team at the request of Hampshire & Isle of Wight...

Flying doctors from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have been called to a medical emergency in Bembridge this morning (Monday). Scrambled from their base at Thruxton just after 10:00, the helicopter touched down at Steyne Park at...

Ryde Inshore Rescue came to the aid of 3 persons stuck onboard a fishing boat that ran aground in Wootton yesterday (Sunday). The lifeboat and its crew were paged at around 17:50 to the incident at the entrance of Wootton...

An unwell passenger on board the luxury cruise ship Queen Victoria had to be airlifted to St Mary's Hospital last night (Sunday). The Cunard-owned ship left Southampton for Stavanger, Norway yesterday afternoon. But things took an unexpected turn just a...

Bembridge RNLI were called to the rescue of a stricken motor cruiser that had broken down near Bembridge Ledge earlier today (Sunday). The RNLB Frank and Anne Wilkinson was launched at around 17:36 this evening, at the request of UK...

The Freshwater Independent Lifeboat was tasked earlier today after a group of people got into some trouble in the water off the coast of Freshwater Bay. Lifeboat crew members were alerted to the ongoing situation on the water near Freshwater...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is  in attendance at a medical emergency in Ryde this morning (Sunday). Scrambled from its Thruxton base just before 11:00, the helicopter circled Ryde before landing in the Ryde Academy car park...

An onboard communications system issue has forced a number of Red Funnel cancellations this morning (Sunday). The 11:00 vehicle crossing sailing from Southampton to East Cowes and the 12:30 from East Cowes to Southampton have been cancelled as a result...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a block of flats in Ryde Town Centre this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has occurred on Castle Street and has seen fire appliances from both Newport and...

A man in his 30s has been arrested by Police on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an incident on a residential street in East Cowes this morning (Friday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were...