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A large fire in a rural location in Rookley has prompted calls to the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service this evening (Friday). Flames can be seen licking into the air for miles around, leading to concerns from local...

As temperatures start to plummet, gritters will be treating the Island's road network for the first time this season from midnight tonight (Friday). Major roads across the Island will be treated with salt, alongside footbridges at Stag Lane and Hunnycross Way,...

Part of St Mary's Hospital in Newport was evacuated shortly after 10:00 this morning (Friday) over fire fears. Patients and staff were ushered out of the X-Ray, fracture clinic and cafe areas after a burning smell was reported. 1 appliance...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to an outbuilding fire in East Cowes during the early hours of this morning (Friday). Appliances from Newport and Cowes were alerted to a well-alight outbuilding at Waverly Caravan Park...

Photo: RNLI/Yarmouth The volunteer crew of Yarmouth RNLI rushed to the aid of a hovercraft that had begun to sink off The Needles earlier this afternoon (Thursday).  Conditions in the western Solent were fair with a calm sea state and good...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is investigating reports of the smell of burning at Peacocks clothing store in Ryde this afternoon (Thursday). 2 pumping appliances from Ryde and the aerial ladder platform, also from Ryde, are...

An inquest has today (Wednesday) heard that 52-year-old Maxine Thompson died as a result of asphyxiation from hanging after suspending herself from a pillar on Hope Road in Shanklin back in January of this year. As first reported by Island Echo,...

UPDATED: The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Team have visited at least another 2 schools this afternoon (Wednesday) to safely dispose of a potentially explosive chemical. The bomb disposal experts from Portsmouth are currently at Yaverland Beach, where a controlled explosion...

UPDATED: Forelands Road in Bembridge has been closed by Police following a road traffic collision in which a car has collided into the rear of a parked scaffold lorry. An elderly male driver behind the wheel of a Skoda Fabia...

A woman found on the cliff edge at Culver Down near Sandown has been talked down by Police and taken to Sevenacres Mental Health Unit tonight (Tuesday). Police responded to reports of a high risk missing person at around 18:00 before locating the...