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UPDATED: Rowborough Lane in Brading - the main road between Ryde and Sandown - will be closed tonight (Saturday) and into tomorrow morning for roadworks. The road will be closed from the junction with Carpenters Road to Coach Lane (Brading Roundabout) from...

Dinosaur experts and jewellers alike are waiting with baited breath for results on a giant ‘pearl-like’ object discovered at Chilton Chine near Brighstone on the Isle of Wight. The phenomenon is either the largest pearl ever found on record, or...

         Follow our live updates below to keep up-to-date on what is happening across the Isle of Wight. The system will automatically update every 30 seconds without the need to refresh the page. Important and useful information including flood alerts in...

UPDATED: A flood alert has been issued for the Eastern Yar this morning (Wednesday) following a night of heavy rainfall. About 15mm of rainfall has fallen in the last 6 hours and as a result River levels in the Eastern...

The Met Office are warning Islanders about the risk of ice this evening (Sunday) and overnight into Monday. Clear skies will allow temperatures to fall widely below freezing allowing icy patches to develop, particularly on untreated surfaces or where overnight...

UPDATED: Police have arrested a local 20-year-old man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm following the discovery of a man with serious, life-threatening injuries in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). The victim of what Police believe to be...

         *Our live coverage of Storm Imogen has now concluded. Thank you for joining us over the past 20 hours* Follow our live updates below to keep up-to-date on what is happening across the Isle of Wight. The system will...

UPDATED: Islanders are facing a day of disruption due to strong winds along the South Coast, which have already resulted in the suspension of Hovertravel's cross-Solent services.  The Met Office are warning of gusts of up to 65mph today (Saturday)...

As the Festive period gets underway, Island Echo - the Island's leading breaking news source - is taking a short break to join readers in celebrating Christmas. We have enjoyed another successful year with a growing readership of over 80,000...

Scoot Ferries are offering a £4 cross-Solent return ticket on its new Cowes to Portsmouth route this weekend. To allow Islanders to do that last minute shopping at Gunwharf and to bring visitors over to Cowes for the Cowes Christmas...