The first time a driver had attempted to plunge off Culver Cliff – and failed – in over 30 years made the headlines with the Mail Online and Express…
An inquest into the death of Motor Neurone Disease sufferer William Maguire, 72, found that he committed suicide in the garage of his home in Northwood in March…
The killing of a man during the early hours of Christmas Day made the headlines over the festive period. Even on the big day itself, Darren delivered photos…
Following on from the original breaking news story, the inquest hearing into the death of a 77-year-old man and his dementia-suffering wife made the headlines. Darren’s copy and…
A 77-year-old man strangled his wife to death before hanging himself from the banister at the top of the stairs at their home in Shanklin. Darren was the…
Darren likes to support charities such as Ryde Rescue, Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance by supplying free-to-use photographs of…
A 6-year-old girl lost her life, despite the efforts of emergency services, following a murder suicide incident at a property in East Cowes. Keziah Flux-Edmonds died in hospital after…
A hazardous chemical incident in Cowes which claimed the life of a man in his 20s resulted in unusual and rare scenes on the Isle of Wight. Hampshire…
An arson attack on a derelict building in Shanklin forced the evacuation of nearby residents. 6 pumps and an aerial appliance were called to the scene on Palmerston…
Despite adverse weather, Jude Law arrived at Ryde Esplanade with the Minghella family and local dignitaries to unveil a plaque in the memory of Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning…
Three people walked away from a light aircraft that flipped upside down at Bembridge Airport. Emergency services raced to the scene after the Cesna plane flipped and came to…
A murder investigation was launched after a man who was found with serious head injuries in the middle of a road in Newport, died. As the first photographer…
A large blaze swept through an industrial yard in Cowes, Isle of Wight after a spark ignited fuel whilst work was being undertaken on a car at Medina…
266 Port Squadron were given the Freedom of the Isle of Wight on 28th November. The squadron marched through Newport town before being met by Cllr Chapman, chairman…
Police were called to the Virgin Media store in Portsmouth’s Commercial Road when an armed man took hostages. Darren travelled across from the Isle of Wight and was…
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, together with the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, undertook a joint exercise at Osborne House. Several crews and appliances from the…
A military exercise entitled Vambrace Horizon took place on the Isle of Wight at the start of September 2015 with up to 180 reservist personnel from The Honourable Artillery…
A French national in his 60s was pulled from the wreckage of his plane after crashing on take-off from Sandown Airport. The pilot was airlifted to Southampton General…
An arson attack on the Island Learning Centre in Lake – formally Broadlea Primary School – resulted in the total destruction of the building. Darren was the first…
A man died after being found unconscious in the sea at Osborne Bay following an incident involving a luxury motor cruiser. He was flown to hospital on the island…
Although not a noteworthy incident, this photograph captured by Darren is one for the history books in years to come. Union Street in Ryde is rarely empty of…
The inaugral Isle of Wight Festival dragon boat racing on the River Medina proven popular, with the likes of Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch coming together to…
The car transporter the Hoegh Osaka ran aground at Bramble Bank in the Solent and began to list badly, resulting in the emergency rescue of the crew on…
A Steve Porter Transport lorry overturned on a bend outside Queen Victoria’s Osborne House, shedding its load across the carriageway. A large operation involving the Isle of Wight…
The derelict Royal Cliff Hotel in Sandown was set alight in an arson attack, which resulted in the destruction of the building. Photographs of the blaze were used by ITV…
The mezzanine deck of the Wightlink car ferry ‘St Helen’ collapsed whilst unloading, resulting in 4 injuries and the launch of a Maritime Accident Investigation Board report. Darren…
The British Army were called in to evacuate residents from Undercliff Drive following a landslip in February 2014. There was a lot of confusion as to their presence…
A young teenage girl in the passenger seat of a car driven by a 17-year-old male was killed in a head-on collision with another car on The Downs…
A police officer was removed from a brand new Police car by firefighters after a four car crash in Wootton on the Isle of Wight. 4 people were…
The luxury multi-million pound yacht ‘Kahu’ went up in flames in East Cowes. Darren was quickly on the scene and was photographing the scene before the fire developed…
Beach huts were damaged, trees were brought down and flooding occurred when stormy weather hit the Isle of Wight in October 2013. A landslide at Sandown was captured…
Reports of two boys missing at the beach during the Summer holidays sparked a large scale Coastguard rescue operation, which made the 16:00 lead story on Sky News and…
5 sets of identical twins started swimming classes together at West Wight Sports Centre and soon made the national headlines thanks to Darren. By capturing these great images…
A block of flats in Ventnor were gutted just days before Christmas. Dramatic photographs show firefighters ae they battled the blaze on Pound Land in Ventnor. Photogaphs were…
Floral tributes were left alongside a cross at the scene on Culver Downs where 20-year-old Robert Hayball died after driving off the cliff edge before plummeting to the…
Solent Coastguard coordinated a search for a missing skipper after his yacht was found ashore near Brighstone. The yacht ‘Brigand’, which was travelling between Poole and Hayling Island, was…
An 82-year-old woman amazingly survived being stuck in a muddy bog for over 24 hours with her dog faithfully by her side before being rescued by emergency services…
A woman in her 40s died after plummeting more than 200ft off of a cliff top on the Isle of Wight. Rescue teams battled against the elements to find…
Ammunition and weapons were discovered in Parkhurst forest by a dog walker, just a stones throw from HMP Isle of Wight. Police conducted an examination of the woodland…
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Cowes on the Isle of Wight in July 2012, her first visit for a number of years. This photograph (left) was captured…
Olympic fever swept the country as the torch relayed around the country, with the Isle of Wight playing part of that. On its visit to the Isle of…
Ryde Castle – a hotel – was severely damaged by fire after a wedding party let off fireworks from the roof, which led to a fire developing. The…
A couple carried out a suicide pact at Culver Down near Sandown on the Isle of Wight when they drove off the cliff edge at speed. The story…
Peter Andre done his best Village People impression dressed in a builder’s outfit while filming for his new show at Ryde Rescue, Ryde. Darren captured Andre climbing up and…
A host of celebrities came together for the Minghella Film Festival, including Robert Sheehan and Ralph Fiennes and Hugh Bonneville. The headline names of the festival were captured on…
Darren was asked to supply photographs for use on the Isle of Wight Monopoly game board. Images not only appeared on the outside box, but on the board…
Two men died after two planes participating in an air race collided over Havenstreet, sending one plane plummeting into woodland. The other plane made it back to Bembridge Airport where…
In July 2009 workers at the Vestas wind turbine factory staged a sit in protest over a number of days. Darren – only at the start of his…