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UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a scooter fire at Yarbridge this evening (Tuesday). 1 pumping appliance from Ryde is currently in attendance at the scene on Marshcombe Shute, where a scooter has burst into flames in the...

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS AND VIDEO: A multi-agency exercise involving the Royal Air Force (RAF), the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, the Isle of Wight Council and 7 other agencies is underway on the Isle of Wight today (Tuesday). A Chinook...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision involving at least 1 motorcycle on the main Newport to Yarmouth road tonight (Monday). Island Echo understands a scooter has sustained front end damage following the incident between Cranmore and Bouldnor near to Hill...

Sir Rod Stewart will headline the closing night of next year’s Isle of Wight Festival, it has been announced by organisers this morning (Monday).  The 71-year-old singer will bring his not-to-be-missed live show to the Isle of Wight for the first...

UPDATED: Emergency services have been called to a road traffic incident involving a motorcyclist at the junction of Hunnyhill and Hunnycross Way in Newport this afternoon (Sunday). Traffic is building in the area, near to Sainsbury's supermarket, as members of...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a fire which destroyed a motorcycle and damaged a building in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). Officers were called to Trafalgar Court on Union Street at around...

A yacht suffering with total power failure has been towed into Cowes by the town's RNLI lifeboat tonight (Saturday). Cowes RNLI was tasked to launch at 19:47 to assist the 26ft yacht 'Iszare' that had no engine, lights or VHF...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are all responding to what is understood to be reports of a man stuck in mud at Fort Victoria near Yarmouth tonight (Saturday). Emergency services...

UPDATED: Emergency services have responded to a collision involving a motorcycle on Canteen Road near Apse Heath this morning (Saturday). Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene between Apse Heath and Whitely Bank at shortly after 10:00. Island Roads...

UPDATED: Police are investigating reports of suspicious behaviour in Newport, which has sparked assistance from the National Police Air Service helicopter tonight (Friday) The Bournemouth-based helicopter is currently circling the Pan area of Newport. UPDATE @ 23:36 - Several Police officers,...