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3 people who were cut off by the tide at Luccombe this evening (Saturday) have been rescued by Sandown and Shanklin’s Inshore Lifeboat. The crew from Sandown launched shortly after 20:30 to assist 3 members of the public, who had...

A 54-year-old woman who was the subject of a multi agency search at Thorness Bay holiday park this morning (Saturday) has been found thanks to a member of the public who used tracking service what3words. The casualty, who slipped over...

Multiple emergency services have been deployed to Thorness Bay Holiday Park this morning (Saturday) to conduct a missing person search. A 54-year-old woman was reported missing to Police at around 07:36 this morning, with the subsequent search focusing on the...

Armed Police have been undergoing specialist training on how to board a moving car ferry after plans to place armed officers on ferries to and from the Isle of Wight were deemed 'too expensive'. The idea had been mooted to...

A 48-year-old man from Grimsby has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting staff at Landguard Holiday Park in Shanklin this evening (Friday). Police were alerted to the incident by a member of the security team at around 17:30, with several...

Fire crews are attending a field fire near Firestone Copse on the outskirts of Binstead this afternoon (Friday) as temperatures soar. 2 fire appliances from Ryde and Newport and a water carrier from Ventnor are in attendance at the scene...

A sex offender is back behind bars after breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) against him. Jordan Larcombe, previously of Chale Green but now of Summit Way in Southampton, was handed the SHPO on 5th April 2017 after he...

An Albanian man who helped to smuggle people into the United Kingdom through East Cowes Marina has been jailed for his part in organising the voyages.  Floreand Lika, of Temple Street in Portsmouth, was sentenced to 4 years and 4...

A man who was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of committing 2 burglaries, 1 in February and 1 in July, as well as multiple drug offences, has now been charged. Clive Stewart Richardson, 48, of East Hill Road in Ryde,...

An out of control bonfire has caused damage to a garden hedge in Newport this evening (Thursday). 2 appliances from Newport were mobilised to Mayfield Drive at just gone 20:00 when a blaze took hold of a hedge. It’s understood...