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The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast tonight (Thursday). According to forecasts, water levels will be marginally higher than observed on a more typical high spring tide. As a result, minor spray overtopping...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds across the Isle of Wight and the South Coast on Saturday. An intense low pressure system is expected to bring a swathe of strong southwesterly winds between 04:00...

27-year-old Thomas Goodey has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for a number of sexual offences against 2 boys on the Isle of Wight. Goodey, of Daniel Street, Ryde, was suspended and later dismissed from his role as a...

UPDATED: Police are investigating a death at a property in the centre of Ryde this morning (Tuesday). The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service mobilised an ambulance crew and officer to a residential address on Lind Hill off Lind Street shortly...

An unoccupied house in Ryde has been left badly damaged as a result of a fire which broke out during the early hours of this morning (Tuesday).  2 appliances from Ryde Fire Station were mobilised to Longmead Road at 00:45...

UPDATED: One of the busiest roads on the Isle of Wight is to close from 18:30 tonight (Monday) to allow a crane to lift a sewerage treatment plant over a property and into a back garden. Arreton Street, Arreton -...

Don't panic - the red sky isn't a sign that the end of the world is nigh... it is actually dust from the Sahara desert being blown towards the United Kingdom. Island Echo readers have been highlighting the unusual hues...

UPDATED: Portuguese man o’ war have been washing up on the Island's shores this week with sightings reported at Yaverland and Compton. The siphonophore - a similar creature to a jellyfish - causes an incredibly painful sting which in some cases can prove...

UPDATED: Police investigating the sudden passing of a young woman in Northwood last night (Saturday) are not thought to be treating the death as suspicious. Several Police officers and paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were mobilised to...

Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat ‘Norman Harvey' (D-778) was launched at the request of Solent Coastguard at just before 21:00 last night (Saturday). The volunteer crew and their D-class lifeboat were tasked to assist the 23ft Angling Boat 'Scorpio' - with...