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Thank you, and also thank you to guy in madrid. police are investigating an incident on board an oil tanker — the nave andromeda — in waters off the isle of wight. it's thought stowaways may be causing problems for the crew of the liberian—registered vessel, which is positioned south of ventnor. duncan kennedy is in lee—on—the—solent for us this evening. duncan? well, reeta, the nave andromeda was en route from lagos in nigeria to behind me here with a cargo of oil. sources have told the bbc the crew we re sources have told the bbc the crew were aware there were stowaways on board....

Duncan, we have this request for military support, what else can you tell us? well, lots of developments all day long. let me take you through it chronologically, starting with when the ship arrived in the solent. that was about 9am this morning. we have been told by sources that the crew knew there we re sources that the crew knew there were some stowaways on board. don't know how they knew how many there we re know how they knew how many there were but there were some stowaways on board. the ship had been sailing from lagos in nigeria to southampton behind me with a consignment of oil. at ar...

Increasingly uneasy and some are predicting if not now, then by the christmas holidays, there will need to bea christmas holidays, there will need to be a change of heart. nick, many thanks. the ministry of defence has confirmed that members of the armed forces boarded a ship off the isle of wight tonight, and gained control after a suspected hijacking. seven people have been detained. the liberian registered vessel is positioned in the english channel south of ventnor. duncan kennedy is in lee—on—the solent for us this evening. duncan. this has been a dramatic few hours on the solent, end...

Whitehall saying the situation on the tanker is over. whether that is a peaceful resolution or whether the military of the special forces have been involved, we simply don't know. just to backtrack on the background to this, the andromeda had been en route from nigeria to southampton when this incident unfolded around about nine o'clock this morning, about nine o'clock this morning, about five miles off the coast of the isle of wight. the crew had known there were about seven stowaways on boa rd known there were about seven stowaways on board and for some reason around about nine o'clock these...

Corner of the isle of wight. just in the last few moments, we have had a statement from hampshire police giving a few more details as to what has happened. they say that they understand that the crew received verbal threats from these stowaways before they locked themselves in this room and it is the police understanding that no one has so far been hurt in this incident. they say they have set up a three mile exclusion zone around the tanker as a matter of precaution and they are working with what they call their fellow partner agencies, including hm coastguard and the border. separately, abou...