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A woman was subjected to a shocking indecent exposure on a footpath in Ryde earlier this evening (Sunday). The local woman was walking through the wooded area of Rosemary Lane and Pig Leg Lane, between Great Preston Road and Ashey...
Read moreDetailsRyde Inshore Rescue have towed a RIB reported to be taking on water into Portsmouth Harbour this evening (Sunday). The volunteer lifeboat crew launched Ryde Rescue 1 at around 18:00 at the request of Solent Coastguard. Reports had been received...
Read moreDetailsA woman has sadly died after being pulled from the sea at Yaverland in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). Emergency services rushed to the scene on the crowded beach at around 16:15 following reports of a woman in difficulty in the...
Read moreDetailsThe Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air ambulance has been scrambled to an incident at Yaverland beach in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). Emergency services are attending to an unwell individual on the crowded beach, around half way between the car...
Read moreDetailsPolice and HM Coastguard teams have responded to reports of a missing 3-year-old child on the beach at Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). The alarm was raised shortly before 13:45 with no less than 9 Police cars and 2 Coastguard Rescue...
Read moreDetailsThe extent of the damage caused by a fire which ripped through a commercial kitchen in Cowes yesterday (Saturday) has been revealed. Firefighters from Cowes, Newport, East Cowes and Ryde were all involved in tackling the blaze at a cafe...
Read moreDetailsPolice were called to Whitehouse Road near Porchfield during the early hours of this morning (Sunday) after a car overturned. The incident occurred shortly before 01:00 and resulted in the fast section of road, which connects Porchfield to Forest Road,...
Read moreDetailsFreshwater Independent Lifeboat has gone to the assistance of a broken down vessel off the coast of the Isle of Wight this evening (Saturday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the offshore lifeboat at around 19:00 after reports were received...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters are tackling a fire at a commercial property at the top of Watch House Lane in Cowes this morning (Saturday). 5 appliances from Newport, Cowes, East Cowes and Ryde are on scene in the High Street having been called...
Read moreDetailsCoastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor were tasked to reports of someone possibly stuck on or near Culver Cliff during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Solent Coastguard requested both teams to conduct a search at Culver Down,...
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