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MULTIPLE EVENING CALL-OUTS FOR BEMBRIDGE RNLI AS A RESULT OF FORT WALK
Bembridge RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat was launched this evening (Sunday) to assist multiple people who had got into difficulty whilst 'walking' to St Helens Fort. After a relatively quiet and uneventful 'Fort Walk' yesterday evening, Bembridge's D-class lifeboat was launched earlier...
Read moreDetailsCOWES LIFEBOAT CALLED TO ASSIST MOTORBOAT CAUGHT BY TIDE ON SATURDAY EVENING
A motorboat with 2 people aboard that had gone hard aground on the shore of the Beaulieu River led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat making a cross-Solent trip yesterday evening (Saturday). With the motorboat coming to grief at the mouth of...
Read moreDetailsMAN WITH KNIFE SHOUTING IN THE STREET RESULTED IN LARGE POLICE RESPONSE TO RYDE
An incident that saw a large police presence on a busy road in Ryde last night (Saturday) was a result of a man shouting in the street with a knife in his hand. Multiple police vehicles, including 2 unmarked cars,...
Read moreDetails41-YEAR-OLD SANDOWN MAN DRUNK WHEN HE CRASHED STOLEN CAR INTO WALL
41-year-old Daniel Kilshaw, of Fort Street Sandown has been charged with drink driving and 3 other motoring offences, after it was confirmed that he was the driver of a stolen car that crashed into a wall in Ryde yesterday (Saturday)....
Read moreDetailsBACK TO BACK INCIDENTS FOR BEMBRIDGE RNLI CREW
Bembridge RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat was launched this afternoon (Saturday) to assist multiple incidents at sea - but neither were related to this years Fort Walk. Bembridge’s D-class boat was 'self launched' earlier this afternoon just before 16:15 after a sailing...
Read moreDetailsCOASTGUARD TEAMS CALLED TO HELP SEARCH FOR MISSING CHILD ON RYDE ESPLANADE
A search for a missing child has seen multiple of the Isle of Wight’s coastguard teams called out to Ryde this evening (Saturday). At around 19:00 Coastguard Rescue teams from Bembridge and Ventnor were called to Western Gardens on Ryde...
Read moreDetailsINVESTIGATION LAUNCHED AFTER MEMBER OF PUBLIC ALLEGEDLY SEEN FILMING CHILD GETTING CHANGED
Police have launched an investigation after a man was allegedly caught filming a young boy getting changed on a beach in Sandown yesterday (Friday). Hampshire Constabulary were notified of the incident, on the busy stretch of beach in Sandown, after...
Read moreDetailsARREST MADE AS POLICE MOVE IN ON CAR AT FERRY TERMINAL
A man from London, wanted in connection with an incident that took place in Newport earlier this week, was arrested last night (Friday) before he boarded the Wightlink ferry back home. At around 21:00, officers stopped a black Ford Focus at...
Read moreDetailsLIFEBOAT LAUNCHED TO WOMAN IN THE WATER OFF RYDE PIER
Ryde Inshore Rescue, HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service all responded to an emergency at Ryde Pier tonight (Friday). At just before 22:30, Ryde Rescue 2 lifeboat was launched from Appley and made best speed along the...
Read moreDetailsSWIMMER WITH FISHING HOOK IN LEG CUT FREE BY RNLI VOLUNTEERS
A woman with a fishing hook stuck in her leg and reported to be tangled in a mooring was rescued within throwing distance of Bembridge RNLI’s lifeboat station earlier this afternoon (Friday). The inshore lifeboat ‘Norman Harvey’ was self launched...
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