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Bembridge RNLI was called to assist a stranded boat on Bembridge Ledge over the weekend, but it wasn't one competing in the Round the Island Race. The lifeboat was launched shortly after 19:25 on Saturday evening at the request of...

An increase in unsavoury and antisocial behaviour in Newport has led to the Police issuing a 48-hour dispersal order to the town centre. Yesterday evening at around 23:00 Sergeant Radford of the Isle of Wight Police issued the warning citing...

Emergency services have been called to Ventnor this morning (Saturday) to attend a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle. The crash on Newport Road has led to the closure of the road from the Central store to just outside the...

A 32ft yacht with a lone yachtsman aboard was towed into deeper water in the Solent yesterday evening (Friday) after going firmly aground off Lepe. With a lifeboat crew member aboard the yacht, the lifeboat succeeded in towing the boat...

Police, paramedics and firefighters are in attendance at a road traffic collision involving several vehicles in Shanklin this evening (Friday). A Ford Focus CC has collided head on into railings near Skew Bridge on Shanklin Road after also colliding with...

The body of a woman in her 20s was found in the woods at Parkhurst Forest in Newport yesterday evening (Thursday), Police have confirmed.  Hampshire Constabulary was alerted to a concern for welfare in the area of Forest Close at...

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after a male was seen brandishing a knife in the street in Sandown during the early hours of this morning (Friday). Officers were called to Station Avenue in the seaside town at just before...

It wasn't too long ago in the grand scheme of things when a litre of petrol cost around the £1 mark, but now in June 2022 most petrol stations are knocking on the door of double that. Back in May...

4 people have been arrested following an disturbance at a block of flats in Ryde during the early hours of this morning (Thursday), which came just a short time after Armed Police were deployed in the town.  Police descended on...

Hampshire Constabulary has put a dispersal order in place for the Sandown area in response to ongoing issues around anti-social behaviour. Under section 34 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Police have activated the order in areas...