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HM Coastguard and Police were involved in the search for a man who went missing from the area of Ventnor Harbour yesterday evening (Saturday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were called out at just gone 17:30 following reports that a man...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat was tasked to reports of persons drifting out to sea in a dinghy off the coast of Ventnor earlier this afternoon (Saturday). The volunteer lifeboat crew launched 'Dove II' for the second time today at...

A motorcyclist is being treated for serious injuries sustained in a road traffic collision on Gunville Road near Carisbrooke this afternoon (Saturday). Emergency services were called to the scene, close to the Central store, shortly before midday when the biker...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat has rescued a woman cut off by the tide at Culver Cliffs near Yaverland this lunchtime (Saturday). The lifeboat launched at just gone midday to reports of an individual cut off by the incoming tide...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating a burglary at Harbour House restaurant in Ryde during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). The front door of the establishment was smashed in sometime between 04:00 and 05:00. It is...

Bembridge RNLI lifeboat rushed to the aid of a crew member on board a container ship off the coast of the Isle of Wight last night (Friday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the All Weather Lifeboat at around 20:50...

Reports of multiple people stuck in the mud at Ryde, prompting an emergency response from 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams, has transpired to be a false alarm with good intent. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked...

Photo: Fred Milne/RNLI Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat responded to a Mayday call from a yacht taking on water on the Solent this morning (Friday). At just before 10:00, the crew were mustered to immediately launch the 'Alfred Albert Williams'...

A brand new motorsport event, one of the first of its type to be held on public roads in England, is heading to Sandown on the Isle of Wight next year, it has been announced today (Friday). Up to 120...

Police have cordoned off a section of a holiday park in Bembridge and are evacuating guests tonight following the discovery of what is thought to be an unexploded bomb. A cordon has been established at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park after...