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UPDATED: Wightlink have suspended their Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service this lunchtime (Tuesday) due to what they have described as an 'ongoing incident'. It is currently unclear what has forced the vital cross-Solent link to come to an halt until further...

UPDATED:Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have forced entry into a smoke-filled cafe premises in Sandown this afternoon (Monday). A lasagna left cooking in a oven at Clancy's Coffee House has been removed from the building...

UPDATED: A 3 tonne weight limit on the failing road bridge at Newchurch has been imposed this lunchtime (Monday) ahead of a 10-week total road closure later this year. Island Roads have confirmed that vehicles weighing over 3T are no...

A 22-year-old man and a 43-year-old man have both been released from Police custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following Saturday night's stabbing in Shanklin. As first reported by Island Echo, a man was stabbed on the corner of...

UPDATED: A 43-year-old man from Shanklin has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following last night's stabbing in Shanklin. As first reported by Island Echo, a man was stabbed on the corner of Spring Gardens and St Paul's Avenue...

UPDATED: Ryde Inshore Rescue are attending to a motor cruiser with a reported fire on board off Ryde Harbour this morning (Sunday). The independent lifeboat was tasked by Solent Coastguard at just before 11:00 following a Mayday alert from the...

A teenager suffering from the effects of an overdose has been airlifted to hospital by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance following a multi-agency rescue operation in Sandown this morning (Sunday). Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor...

UPDATED: Doctors from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have landed in Shanklin tonight (Saturday) following the apparent stabbing of a man on a residential street in the town. Police have erected a cordon at the junction of St...

UPDATED: Forensic officers from the mainland are tonight (Friday) conducting a search of a home in East Cowes, where it is thought a person has died. Detectives, uniformed officers and the specialist scientific sciences team are in attendance at an...

An inflatable swan has been recovered by the crew of Bembridge RNLI Inshore lifeboat tonight (Friday) after it was spotted floating out to sea off Bembridge Ledge. Solent Coastguard were alerted to the sighting at around 20:00, prompting teams from...