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An urgent response was initiated after reports of a boat taking on water were received by HM Coastguard this afternoon (Thursday). An emergency call was received by the JRCC at around 15:00 after the vessel, the Wilson Flyer, reported it...

The family of a motorcyclist who sadly lost his life in a collision near Wootton last week have paid tribute to his 'bubbly personality' and 'massive heart'. Sam Gibbons has been described as someone who would help absolutely anyone if...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car on Long Lane in Newport this afternoon (Thursday). Several police units and an ambulance officer are at the scene, approximately 250 metres before the Downend roundabout...

The National Police Air Service helicopter is circling in the skies above the Isle of Wight as it joins officers on the ground in the search for a missing person in the Ventnor area tonight (Wednesday). Police are currently searching in...

Emergency services are on scene at a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Carisbrooke this afternoon (Wednesday). The incident has happened near to Gatcombe on Whitcombe Road - the main road between Carisbrooke and Chillerton. Paramedics from the Isle...

Firefighters are using beaters to contain and extinguish a fire beside the railway line at Ashey.  1 appliance from Ryde is on scene just off Ashey Road, where dry conditions have led to a small section of grass embankment catching...

A 42-year-old man has been charged with 4 offences after an incident in Shanklin yesterday (Tuesday), which resulted in Police deploying a Taser. Officers were called to Regent Street in the town at around 16:00 after reports were received of...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at a property in Newport this morning (Wednesday), where a pan left on a stove has filled the house with smoke. 2 appliances from Newport and East Cowes...

Fire crews are in attendance at a domestic property in Shanklin after a fire broke out in a kitchen this evening (Tuesday). The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has mobilised 2 appliances from Shanklin and Sandown...

2 drunk men who were seen drifting in a shipping lane in the middle of the Solent were recovered by the Hampshire Police Marine Unit yesterday evening (Monday). The Marine Police Unit said that the men were apparently trying to...