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Police, HM Coastguard and Freshwater Independent Lifeboat have all been involved in an overnight search for a missing person in the West Wight. Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ventnor and The Needles were tasked at just gone 02:00 this morning (Sunday)...

The sighting of a red flare around the area of The Needles sparked a coastal search by Freshwater Independent Lifeboat and HM Coastguard last night (Saturday). At just gone 21:00, both lifeboats from Freshwater were tasked to investigate the sighting...

Bembridge RNLI’s scheduled rendezvous with a cruise ship on the Solent was put on hold yesterday evening (Friday) when 2 emergency calls were received. Lifeboat crews launched the RNLB Alfred Albert Williams at 18:00 to RV with Fred Olsen Cruises' MV Braemar cruise ship...

UPDATED: The Thames Valley Air Ambulance has been called to assist with a medical emergency at Steephill Cove in Ventnor this morning (Saturday). Local paramedics requested the attendance of specialist doctors shortly before 09:00, with the yellow and red helicopter...

Rush hour traffic heading in and out of Newport on Staplers Road is being diverted this evening (Friday) as a result of a road traffic collision.  Hampshire Constabulary and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently on scene at...

A broken down car is causing long tailbacks with Hampshire Constabulary directing traffic at the junction of Yarbridge Cross this afternoon (Friday). The blue saloon vehicle appears to have broken down toward the top of the hill leading to the...

Image: Freshwater Fire Station Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service attended a single vehicle road traffic collision in Totland this evening (Thursday). One fire appliance from Freshwater was mobilised to a black Renault hatchback vehicle that collided...

Isle of Wight motorists are facing 8 months of travel disruption as Southern Water prepare to carry out sewer works on Arthurs Hill and surrounding streets in Shanklin. Road closures, temporary traffic lights and diversions will plague the area between...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision has lead police to the main road through Rookley this afternoon (Thursday). The incident is believed to have taken place along the main road through Rookley involving 3 vehicles. The road closure has been put...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts were called to Motherbank, in the Solent between Ryde & Cowes this afternoon (Thursday) after being alerted to the discovery of an unexploded World War 2 bomb. The discovery of the bomb was made by...