‘DOWNED PLANE’ FEARS SPARK COASTGUARD SEARCH OFF ISLE OF WIGHT
19th October 2026
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2 lifeboats and a Coastguard Rescue Team are currently involved in a search of Sandown Bay following the discovery of a jet ski. A concerned member of the public called in the find - just off Culver Parade - at...
Read moreDetails2 cars have been completely destroyed following a blaze at Fort Street car park in Sandown during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). A member of the public reported to 999 controllers that a vehicle was fully engulfed by fire...
Read moreDetailsThe Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been in action in Lake near Sandown tonight (Friday). The flying doctors and paramedics landed in the grounds of Broadlea Primary School shortly before 20:45 on a shout to assist an...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters are rushing to the scene of a house fire in the village of Niton this morning (Friday). Smoke can be seen issuing from a property on Blackgang Road, at the start of the village's one-way traffic system. Members of...
Read moreDetailsEmergency services are responding to concerns for the welfare of an individual on the cliff tops in Lake this morning (Thursday). A number of Police units have descended on a car park off Sandown Road, close to Lake Cliff Gardens....
Read moreDetailsPolice and paramedics are attending a road traffic collision between a car and a motorcycle in East Cowes this morning (Wednesday). The incident has taken place near the junction of Victoria Grove and Beatrice Avenue. Hampshire Constabulary have confirmed that...
Read moreDetailsPolice on the Isle of Wight have arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of robbery following an incident in Brading last night (Sunday). Officers were deployed to Lower Furlongs at 21:18 when the control room received a 999 call from...
Read moreDetailsBembridge RNLI Lifeboat is assisting a 58ft motor cruiser that has struck the infamous Bembridge Ledge at a speed of almost 20 knots this evening (Sunday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) shortly after 17:00...
Read moreDetailsReports of multiple people stuck in the mud at Ryde, prompting an emergency response from 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams, has transpired to be a false alarm with good intent. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked...
Read moreDetailsA brand new motorsport event, one of the first of its type to be held on public roads in England, is heading to Sandown on the Isle of Wight next year, it has been announced today (Friday). Up to 120...
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