First reported by Island Echo

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat launched to assist a 40ft yacht with a failed engine just south of the Nab Tower this morning (Monday). The 'Alfred Albert Williams' launched at around 11:45 at the request of Solent Coastguard to assist...

A power cut is affecting hundreds of properties in the South Wight this evening (Sunday). 72 postcode areas in Kingston, Chale, Niton, Whitwell and Ventnor have been hit by the network fault. Electricity was lost at around 18:25. Scottish and...

Cowes RNLI Lifeboat, Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and Police were called out to a speedboat with 3 intoxicated males on board after it ran aground in East Cowes last night (Saturday). Solent Coastguard tasked Cowes Lifeboat at around 22:40 following...

The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI have responded to 2 incidents off the coast of the Isle of Wight this evening (Saturday). Bembridge's All Weather Lifeboat was launched at just gone 17:30 to assist a 38ft unnamed yacht with damaged...

A cat that was chased 30ft up a telegraph pole by a dog has been successfully rescued by firefighters on the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Saturday). The 15-year-old black and white feline scrambled up the pole in Victoria Crescent, Ryde and...

Coastguard Rescue Officers have assisted an individual with a suspected broken ankle on a remote beach in the West Wight this evening (Friday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were mobilised at 18:28 to reports of...

Wightlink are advising of 90 minute delays this Friday evening due to a mechanical issue. Customers travelling from both sides of the Solent have been facing delays over the past 2 hours or so, with traffic backing up at the...

A large scale rescue operation is underway at Whale Chine off Military Road this morning (Friday) involving 2 helicopters and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed on the cliff top to assist...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed at a road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road near Havenstreet tonight (Thursday).  A single vehicle has left the road and come to rest upside down in a field having careered...

A motor boat skipper misjudged an afternoon out on the Solent and ended up high and dry on the rocks at Thorness Bay. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to the northern shore near...