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Ryde Inshore Rescue launched to reports of an upturned dingy with possible persons in the water earlier this afternoon (Tuesday), but fears were soon allayed when the item was discovered to be a hot tub cover. Solent Coastguard requested the...

Bembridge RNLI’s volunteer crew members launched the All Weather Lifeboat at 02:45 this morning (Tuesday) to evacuate a man from No Man’s Fort in the Solent after he fell into the sea. The 32-year-old male member of staff was successfully...

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding an incident involving a Police officer following a complaint about the level of force used on an Isle of Wight teenager. Hampshire Constabulary's Professional Standards Department are currently looking into the...

UPDATED: Island Line services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin have been suspended this morning (Monday) due to the breakdown of a train near Sandown. One of the aging 1930s former underground trains has developed a fault on the single...

Firefighters tackled a small garage fire on Binstead estate near Ryde overnight. 3 appliances - from Newport and Ryde - were called to Hamilton Road off Wellington Road at around 01:30 this morning (Monday). Crews discovered that a propane cylinder...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 were this afternoon (Saturday) called out to a yacht carrying a 43-year-old man who had suffered a debilitating seizure.  The emergency occurred on the Solent, about 1-and-a-half miles off Osborne Bay. The...

UPDATED: Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175, Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat, Freshwater Independent Lifeboat and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team are all attending an incident off the coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Saturday). Emergency teams were scrambled to an area...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are dealing with a car fire on the main Whitwell to Ventnor road this morning (Saturday). A vehicle has caught alight on Whitwell Road near to St Lawrence Shute, prompting the...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at St Mary’s Hospital this afternoon (Friday), where an alert has sparked an evacuation. 2 appliances from Newport Fire Station are on scene at Parkhurst Road having been...

UPDATED: A power cut is affecting hundreds of homes and businesses in the Binstead, Ryde and Wootton areas this lunchtime (Friday). Some 78 different postcodes have been hit with a loss of supply, which was first reported at just before...