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UPDATE: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Egypt Esplanade in Cowes tonight (Saturday). Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene at Egypt Point, at the bottom of Egypt Hill, where it...

UPDATED: Cowes RNLI Lifeboat, Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are attending an incident at Venture Quays in East Cowes tonight (Saturday). It appears a luxury Trimaran sailing vessel has been blown off the dockside and has...

A dog has sadly perished after falling over the cliff edge at The Needles Battery, Alum Bay. Coastguard Rescue Teams from The Needles and Ventnor were called to the battery at the most westerly point of the Isle of Wight...

Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have attended a minor oven fire at a property on the outskirts of Newport this thundery Saturday evening.  2 appliances from Newport were mobilised to Whitepit Lane in Carisbrooke at...

2 young men who were quite literary up the creek without a paddle were rescued by Cowes RNLI Lifeboat last night (Friday) in an operation lasting 2 hours. The men, aged 19 and 20, were in a canoe which became...

UPDATED: Hampshire Constabulary and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team are in attendance at Culver Down near Sandown this morning (Friday). Coastguard officers are searching along the cliff path, whilst Police patrol up and down the length of the main road up...

Reunited... Photo: Sherwin Acosta Coastguard teams from The Needles and Ventnor have rescued a dog at Alum Bay after initially being called out over fears a person was stuck on the cliff.  HM Coastguard were alerted to what was thought...

UPDATED: Firefighters are tackling a garden fire at a bungalow in Binstead this morning (Thursday). 2 appliances from Ryde were mobilised to the scene at the junction of Parkway and Coniston Avenue at just gone 08:30. Crews are using a...

UPDATED: Those travelling across the Solent via Wightlink's Fishbourne to Portsmouth service face 3 days of disruption due to maintenance work on one of the car ferries.  Wightlink have confirmed that a number of cancellations - 13 in total -...

Police, ambulance and Coastguard teams have responded to concerns for the welfare of a woman at Culver Cliff this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to the beauty spot at just before 13:15 with several Police units and an ambulance...