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UPDATED: Emergency services, including the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Carisbrooke tonight (Thursday). 2 fire appliances and a rescue tender from Newport are on scene alongside Police and Paramedics...

UPDATED: Wightlink are to run a revised timetable on their Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service tomorrow (Friday) following this morning's fire on board St Faith. With the mid-Solent blaze ruling the 27-year-old ferry out of action and St Clare away for...

UPDATED: A plume of black smoke has been seen to be billowing from the Wightlink car ferry in the Solent this morning (Thursday).  Several Island Echo readers have got in touch after seeing the thick, black smoke rising from the...

Kaiser Chiefs have this morning (Thursday) been announced as one of the latest acts set to perform at this year's Isle of Wight Festival. The chart-topping group will perform on the Main Stage, joining the likes of the already-announced Arcade...

Councillor Dave Stewart has been elected as the new leader of the Isle of Wight Council tonight (Wednesday). Following the shock resignation of Cllr Jonathan Bacon as Leader and Cllr Steve Stubbings as Deputy Leader, councillors had been tasked with...

UPDATED: Gurit UK Ltd have begun a consultation on further redundancies at their Newport site today (Tuesday), it has been confirmed to Island Echo. The composite manufacturing firm situated on St Cross Business Park say they have entered a period of consultation to discuss...

UPDATED: 63-year-old Richard Jones from Grange Road in Shanklin has begun a 7-and-a-half-year prison sentence for historic sex offences against children as young as 6. Jones, who is also known as Richard Bloch, has been convicted of 7 counts of...

UPDATED: 3 fire appliances are attending an incident on St John's Road in Ryde this evening (Monday). The road has been closed in both directions as firefighters deal with the incident - a suspected fire at a residential property -...

Cllr Jonathan Bacon UPDATED: Councillor Jonathan Bacon has stepped down from his role as Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, with Deputy Leader Councillor Steve Stubbings also resigning, it has been announced this morning (Monday). The shock announcement states that there...

Robbie Gibson, who hasn't been seen for over 6 months UPDATED: Police, WightSAR and HM Coastguard will be carrying out a search on the Luccombe Road coastal path in Shanklin this week as part of a 6-month investigation into the disappearance of...