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At least 1 person is feared to be trapped underneath a cliff fall between Shanklin and Luccombe this evening (Saturday).  2 Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor, Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 from Lee-on-Solent and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat...

Police are hunting for 2 men who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s whilst she was enjoying a walk on the outskirts of Newport on Wednesday evening.  The incident is said to have occurred at around...

Coastguard Rescue Officers from Ventnor and The Needles, Police and volunteers from Yarmouth RNLI battled the elements in a bid to locate a suicidal individual in the South Wight overnight. At around 23:30 last night (Friday), HM Coastguard were requested...

A search and rescue mission involving Bembridge RNLI lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 has been launched off the coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Friday). At around 15:30, a distress beacon activation was picked up by Solent...

Public Health England has confirmed that there are now 58 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight. The official number has increased by 3 from 55 on Wednesday to 58 today (Friday). Despite the rise, the Isle of...

The Royal Air Force has been conducting a joint exercise with the Isle of Wight NHS Trust in Newport this afternoon (Friday), landing a CH47 Chinook helicopter at Seaclose Park. At 14:00, the distinctive sound of the Chinook could be...

The Government has announced that the current lockdown restrictions will remain in place for another 3 weeks until at least 7th May, but life will not go back to normal straight away when the restrictions are eventually eased. Since the...

A total of 15 people have now recovered from coronavirus, but sadly 13 have also died with COVID-19, according to the Isle of Wight NHS Trust. Latest figures released this afternoon (Thursday) show that the number of deaths recorded locally...

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight has DECREASED to 55 and a total of 13 people have now recovered from the deadly virus. Official figures from Public Health England previously listed 56 cases as...

Police on the Isle of Wight would like to speak to this man in connection with an indecent assault on a 20-year-old woman in Newport High Street. The victim was inside a shop on the High Street when a man,...