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A person spotted floating in the sea off Ryde has been hauled aboard a lifeboat and rushed ashore this evening (Wednesday). HM Coastguard, Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently on scene at Ryde Rescue’s base at...

Wightlink and Red Funnel are both experiencing delays and cancellations on their ferry services to and from the Isle of Wight this evening (Wednesday). On Wightlink’s Fishbourne-Portsmouth route, an issue with the linkspan is resulting in 45 minute delays for...

The discovery of a dead dolphin on the beach at St Helens led to a call out for HM Coastguard on Tuesday afternoon. It had been reported by a member of the public that the dolphin had washed ashore on...

Emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic collision on The Downs between Knighton and Downend this afternoon (Tuesday). The incident occurred at around 15:45 at the junction with Newport Shute and has involved a coach and a Peugeot...

Hovertravel has been forced to cancel its cross-Solent service this afternoon (Tuesday) due to another technical issue - the 2nd in just 4 days. Customers are being advised that no hovers are currently operating between Ryde and Southsea, with an...

  A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a vulnerable adult after a woman in her 50s died following an incident at a property in Upper Ventnor yesterday (Monday). As previously reported...

The discovery of a piece of suspected ordnance led to Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts being sent to the Isle of Wight yesterday (Monday). It was at 23:45 on Sunday evening that Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary alerted HM...

Specialist scenes of crime investigators have descended on a home in Ventnor as part of an ongoing investigation following an incident that saw paramedics called to the property earlier today (Monday). It was around 10:00 this morning that the Isle...

Police, fire and ambulance crews are in attendance at a road traffic collision that has taken place in a field off Brading Downs this afternoon (Monday). The incident occurred just before 15:45 and has seen a Red VW Golf crash...

Adverse weather conditions are already causing travel disruption this morning (Monday) with the cancellation of a number of Red Jet sailings, with further cross-Solent delays and cancellations expected throughout the day. Red Funnel has confirmed that the 06:05, 07:15 and...