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UPDATED: Those returning to work and heading off the Island for the first Monday in 3 weeks face disruption this morning with the suspension of Red Jet services and strike action on Island Line trains. Red Funnel have been operating...

UPDATED: The Coastguard Rescue Helicopter from Lee-on-Solent is attempting to winch a suspected stroke victim from the luxury Queen Victoria cruise ship off the coast of the Isle of Wight tonight (Sunday). The captain of the Cunard-operated vessel requested the...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at HMP Isle of Wight this afternoon (Sunday). 3 appliances - 2 from Newport and 1 from Cowes - were called to the Albany site off Parkhurst Road...

UPDATED: Fire, Police and ambulance crews are attending a single vehicle crash on St John’s Road in Ryde this morning (Sunday). A Mitsubishi people carrier has been badly damaged in the smash, which has occurred near the junction with Player...

Island Flyer seemingly broken down on Ryde Sands UPDATED: Passengers on board a Hovertravel crossing between Ryde and Southsea have been rescued by a second hovercraft following the apparent breakdown of one of the ‘new’ hovers on Ryde Sands this morning (Sunday)....

UPDATED: The road between Whitwell and Ventnor has been closed by Police this evening (Friday) due to a single-vehicle road traffic collision. A car has left the carriageway near to the junction with St Lawrence Shute after losing control in...

The Environment Agency has issued yet another flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast, although the flooding is not expected to be as significant as experienced yesterday lunchtime. At around 13:00 today (Friday) minor flooding to seafront roads and...

UPDATED: A 4x4 vehicle has rolled onto its roof resulting in the closure of the main road into Chale this evening (Thursday). Police and paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are on scene at Appleford Road, but no...

PHOTOS AND VIDEO: A white-beaked dolphin has been lifted from Sandown Beach by the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service following a battle to save the mammal’s life. As first reported by Island Echo, rescue resources were mobilised to...

UPDATED: Rescuers are battling to save the life of a dolphin that has washed up on a beach in Sandown this afternoon (Thursday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are on scene at Culver Parade where the animal has beached itself. Water...