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UPDATED: Those looking to cross the Solent with Wightlink today (Bank Holiday Monday) face significant disruption as a result of last night’s fire onboard a Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry. The West Wight service remains suspended this morning as investigations get underway...

After more than 30mm of rainfall on the Isle of Wight over the past 9 hours - the equivalent of half a month's rainfall - the Environment Agency have issued a flood alert for the Eastern Yar tonight (Sunday). River...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, HM Coastguard and Yarmouth RNLI are responding to reports of a fire on-board Wightlink's Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry this evening (Sunday).  The incident has occurred whilst crossing the Solent, just short...

A yacht taking on water to the west of The Needles was towed to safety by the RNLI this afternoon (Saturday). The incident begun shortly after midday when watch officers at The Needles Coastwatch station sighted the casualty vessel after...

UPDATED: HM Coastguard are attending an incident involving a child on Shanklin seafront this afternoon (Saturday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are tending to the youngster, who onlookers say was in difficulty just off the shoreline. The child and their half-inflated...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision is causing delays heading in and out of East Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has taken place on the GKN roundabout at Barton and is thought to involve a motorcyclist. Police and paramedics from...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat spent more than 4 hours at sea aiding a yacht suffering from engine failure last night (Friday). The Tamar-class lifeboat was launched at 18:50 in response to a request from Solent Coastguard to locate and...

UPDATED: Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Sandown have been called to an incident at Fellowship House in Ryde this morning (Saturday). 4 pumping appliances, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit are all on scene at Green...

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are attending a crash between 2 vehicles in the car park of Tesco Ryde tonight (Friday). Emergency services were alerted to the slow speed incident at around 21:45, prompting a response from...

Photo via isleofwightwebcams.co.uk UPDATED: The volunteer crew of Selsey RNLI have, rather unusually, been tasked to assist a yacht hard aground on Ryde Sands tonight (Friday). Shortly before 19:20 a large yacht hit a sand bank off Ryde, causing the...