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UPDATED: 6 Police units and a rapid response paramedic are in attendance at a camp site in Apse Heath near Lake this afternoon (Friday).  Emergency services responded to Village Way camping and touring on the main Newport to Sandown road...

A car has collided with a traffic island at Whippingham near East Cowes this evening (Thursday). Police and ambulance crews are in attendance at the scene outside Priory School having been alerted to the incident at just before 19:00. The...

Coastguard Rescue 104 has airlifted a woman from Fort Victoria to St Mary's Hospital this afternoon (Thursday). At around 14:20 the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service requested the assistance of the Coastguard in evacuating the elderly patient from the remote spot near...

57-year-old Nick Medlin, who was killed in Ventnor on Christmas Day UPDATED: 32-year-old Michael John Hudson has been charged with killing 57-year-old Nick Medlin outside a pub in Ventnor during the early hours of Christmas Day. Hudson, of no fixed abode,...

UPDATED: The partial remains of a human body have washed ashore at Freshwater Bay today (Wednesday). A dog walker made the gruesome discovery of a human forearm and hand whilst enjoying a stroll along the beach this morning, The remains,...

UPDATED: Police are in attendance at a property in Chestnut Close, Ventnor this lunchtime (Wednesday) following a death. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police were called to the scene off Newport Road at around 10:10 this morning. Island...

UPDATED: St Mary's Hospital has declared a 'significant incident' overnight, a more serious level of the black alert status issued during exceptionally busy times.  At around 01:00 this morning (Wednesday) it was decided that the hospital was not in a...

UPDATED: Middle Road between Carisbrooke and Calbourne was closed for a time earlier this evening (Tuesday) due to a Police incident. At shortly before 18:00 a number of Police vehicles were seen to be gathering in the car park of...

UPDATED: The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog across the Isle of Wight and the South of England, which could lead to some cross-Solent delays tomorrow (Wednesday). Patches of fog are expected to develop throughout this...

UPDATED: Tributes have flooded in for 57-year-old Nick Medlin, a local prison officer and father-of-2 who died outside a pub in Ventnor during the early hours of Christmas Day. As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed to Pier...