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A man in his 60s has tragically died following a racing incident during Cowes Week earlier on today (Friday). As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed to Trinity Landing, Cowes at around 11:35 after a man was thrown...

UPDATED: The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team and Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat are investigating reports of boat wreckage being washed ashore at Scratchells Bay in the West Wight this afternoon (Friday). Watchkeepers at The Needles National Coastwatch Station reported the sighting to...

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) Helicopter from Bournemouth was tasked to assist officers on the ground in the search for a missing person in Ventnor during the early hours of this morning (Friday).  At around 01:00 the specialist helicopter...

UPDATED: The Cowes Floating Bridge has been suspended for the second day running - but this time it's a mechanical issue that has stopped the River Medina service. At around 12:40 the troubled chain ferry vessel was pulled up at...

UPDATED: Police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision on Lind Street in Ryde this morning (Thursday). A white Ford Fiesta has come to rest rear-end-first against a wall on a swooping right hand bend, where West...

Police are attending a road traffic collision between 2 vehicles on The Downs Road near Knighton this afternoon (Wednesday). The incident has occurred at the crossroads junction of Lime Kiln Lane/Rowlands Lane and has involved a Mitshubishi L200 and a...

UPDATED: The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge has run aground in East Cowes this afternoon (Wednesday), resulting in vehicles having to reverse off. At around 13:30 passengers and vehicles were loaded onto the chain ferry, but crew soon discovered they were...

UPDATED: Police are searching for a man in Lake near Shanklin this lunchtime (Wednesday) - and the assistance of the Police helicopter from Bournemouth has been called upon. A large scale search is underway in the area of Westlake Avenue, which...

Ryde Inshore Rescue were tasked to reports of 2 men in a dinghy drifting some 1.5 miles off the coast of the Isle of Wight yesterday evening (Monday). Solent Coastguard paged the volunteer lifeboat crew at 20:20 to locate and...

UPDATED: Emergency services are battling to save the life of an individual who has been pulled from the water near Prince's Green in Cowes this evening (Monday). Shocked eye witnesses say that CPR is in progress on the waterfront, where...