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The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Team from Portsmouth have been called in to investigate and make safe a piece of suspected ordnance at Steephill Cove in Ventnor. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were first tasked to investigate the potentially explosive discovery...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in the village of Alverstone this morning (Sunday) in response to a medical emergency. The yellow and green helicopter touched down in the rural location on the outskirts of Sandown...

A tree has come down in high winds and is blocking the main road connecting Newport and Cowes this morning (Saturday). The small tree has come down across the carriageway at Horsebridge Hill, close to the pedestrian crossing. Traffic is...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been mobilised to a large caravan fire in Lake this evening (Friday). Firefighters were called to the scene near to Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club at around 19:45 as black smoke...

Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat launched into torrential rain and choppy seas last night (Thursday) to provide assistance to 2 sailors off Seaview. Reports had been received by Solent Coastguard that 2 crew members on a 20 ft day sailing boat...

Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter has landed on the green beside Bembridge RNLI lifeboat station this evening (Wednesday) to airlift an injured sailor to hospital. The incident began around 17:15 when a Mayday call was issued by a 22m sailing yacht...

Emergency Services have been called to a minor road traffic collision in Ryde this lunchtime (Wednesday). Police and firefighters are on scene at Queens Road following a rear-end shunt involving a lorry and 2 cars - a Jaguar and a...

A 15-year-old boy has been flown to a mainland hospital after being seriously injured on a residential street in Cowes last night (Tuesday). The teenager is understood to have received head injuries as a result of being assaulted ‘with a...

Police have cordoned off a residential street in Cowes tonight (Tuesday) as investigations get underway into what is understood to be a serious assault. Officers were called to Arctic Road near the junction with South Road sometime after 21:00 following...

A person has got into difficulty and is requiring the assistance of HM Coastguard on the cliffs at Luccombe this afternoon (Monday). Solent Coastguard paged both Bembridge and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Teams to reports of a person on the cliffs...