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Emergency services - including 2 helicopters - have been scrambled to the beach in Sandown were a person has collapsed and is receiving CPR. Coastguard Rescue 175 and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are both in attendance,...

Firefighters are tackling a lineside fire in Ashey on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Monday). 2 appliances from Ryde are in attendance to the rear of Ashey Garage, where a small fire has broke out on the western bank...

Police responded to reports of a male brandishing a knife in public in Ryde late last night (Sunday). Hampshire Constabulary say they received a report at 23:39 of a disturbance along Ryde Esplanade involving a group of people - including...

A 66-year-old man from Shanklin is to appear in court after being found in possession of an imitation firearm and a knife in Ventnor over the weekend. Police swooped on Mitchell Avenue in the town on Saturday and arrested a...

Volunteer lifeboat crew and Coastguard Rescue Officers were tasked to Culver Down yesterday evening (Sunday) when it was reported that a person had been spotted on the wrong side of the safety fence. Bembridge RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat launched at 18:00...

Coastguards were called out to investigate the discovery of a RIB washed ashore on the beach in East Cowes yesterday morning (Sunday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to the shoreline between Osborne Bay and Castle Point at 07:35 after...

A 15-year-old boy from Cowes has been charged with preparing an act of terrorism after being arrested by Counter Terrorism Police earlier this week. The unnamed teenager was apprehended by specialist officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East, with the...

Firefighters are tackling a large fire in the open which has spread through woodland and into an adjoining field on the outskirts of Calbourne this afternoon (Sunday). At least 3 appliances and a water carrier are on scene between Pound...

A Level 5 heat warning has been issued for the Isle of Wight by local forecasters IW Met Service, who warn of temperatures of up to 37c on Monday. After a few days of slightly cooler weather, things are hotting...

The Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance has airlifted a young child to Southampton General Hospital following an accident involving a scooter in Shanklin tonight (Saturday). Medics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to the incident on Alexandra...