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Wightlink will be running a revised timetable on its Fastcat service this Bank Holiday Weekend due to a mechanical fault with Wight Ryder I. An amended timetable will be in operation on the Ryde Pier Head-Portsmouth Harbour route tomorrow (Saturday)...

24-year-old Ryan Phillips has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for committing numerous sex offences against children – including rape - when he was a child himself. Phillips, previously of Melville Street in Sandown, first appeared in court in...

Tickets to next month's State of the Island debate, jointly hosted by Island Echo and the Isle of Wight Observer, are now available. A strong panel of influential voices will come together in just 3 weeks' time - on Friday...

A teenager who plotted to carry out a terrorist attack at the Isle of Wight Festival and later planned to stab teachers at a local school can now be named as Nathan Ruth from East Cowes. Ruth was just 15...

Red Funnel has been forced to cancel several of its vehicle ferry sailings on the East Cowes-Southampton service this morning (Thursday). An issue with the aft main engine on board Red Falcon has rendered the ferry out of service. As...

A 2-car crash is causing delays on the main road into East Cowes this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency service personnel were first called to the scene on Whippingham Road near the junction with Beatrice Avenue at around 15:50 following reports of...

Police are investigating after 2 laundrettes on the Isle of Wight were broken into, with one now temporarily shut due to 'beyond repair' damage. Over the past few days Newport Laundrette, located at the top of High Street in the...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is proposing the permanent closure of both Bembridge and Yarmouth fire stations, as well as the removal of 1 of 2 Aerial Ladder Platforms from the Island. A public consultation on...

A 33-year-old man and a 26-year-old man, who were both arrested on Bluebell Meadows in Newport last night (Monday), remain in custody on suspicion of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm. It was just before 21:15 that Police responded to...

Fire crews from Ryde and Sandown responded to a smoking solar panel on the roof of a bungalow in Bembridge this morning (Tuesday). It was just before 10:40 that Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised 2...