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UPDATED: A major search and rescue operation involving 2 helicopters, 2 lifeboats and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams is underway in the Sandown area this morning (Christmas Eve). Emergency services were alerted at around 03:00 to reports of a woman entering...

We would like to wish all of our readers, advertisers and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.  2017 has been a fantastic year for Island Echo and we've published no less than 3,500 articles since 1st January...

Peter Kilshaw, who died on 21st June 2017 30-year-old motorcyclist Peter Kilshaw died as a result of major trauma to his head after he slammed into an oncoming car, an inquest has this week heard. The well-known sea cadet instructor...

UPDATED: Police, fire and ambulance crews are responding to a car on its roof near Rookley this evening (Friday). The incident has occurred near to the Chequers Inn pub on Niton Road. Emergency services were alerted at around 17:25. Firefighters...

James Nicholson-Noctor, who died on 13th August 2017 An open conclusion has been given into the death of 22-year-old James Bernard Arthur Nicholson-Noctor, who took his own life by hanging himself at his home in Totland. Police and paramedics responded...

A Cowes woman has been detained under the Mental Health Act indefinitely after admitting the attempted murder of a child. 42-year-old Sarah Peckham has been ordered into hospital care by Winchester Crown Court as a result of the incident on...

UPDATED: Fire crews from Bembridge, Sandown and Ryde are attending an alert at Langham Court in Bembridge tonight (Thursday). 3 appliances, an aerial ladder platform from Ryde and the Incident Command Unit from Newport are currently in attendance on Foreland Road having...

UPDATED: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are monitoring the Island’s coastline for evidence of oil washing ashore following an environmental incident off Bembridge, close to the Nab Tower. An unknown amount of oil has been accidentally leaked into the...

VIDEO: The Isle of Wight is set to experience a fairly wet and windy Christmas, according to the Isle of Wight Meteorological Service. As the big day approaches it's bad news for many with no signs of a white Christmas this...

Island Line trains look set to be suspended for 3 days next month as staff join colleagues from across the country in industrial action. The RMT Union has today (Wednesday) announced that a series of 24-hour strikes will take place...