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The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are assisting the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with rescuing a woman from the balcony of her flat in School Street, Ryde this afternoon (Saturday).  1 appliance from Ryde, an aerial ladder...

UPDATED: Detectives are tonight thought to be investigating the alleged rape of a young girl on the Isle of Wight this lunchtime (Friday). At shortly before 13:00 the National Police Air Service helicopter from Bournemouth swooped low across the Island...

UPDATED: Emergency services including Police, paramedics and a local fire crew are attending an incident on Ashey Road near Ryde this lunchtime (Thursday) in which a car has overturned and come to rest on its roof. The incident, which took...

UPDATED: The doors to Ryde Arena ice rink have been closed and locked this morning (Thursday) after bailiffs moved in overnight to repossess the property from Ryde Arena Limited on behalf of the landlord AEW Europe/BNY Mellon Trust & Depository...

UPDATED: One of the main roads through Bembridge - Forelands Road - is blocked in both directions this evening (Wednesday) following a road traffic collision. Police and paramedics are currently in attendance at the scene, where a silver Vauxhall Astra...

UPDATED: The Coastguard Rescue helicopter was requested to assist Police after a car lost control, smashed through a road sign and landed upside down at the bottom of an embankment in Ventnor during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday)....

Concerns for the welfare of a person near to the cliff edge between Sandown and Lake have prompted a Police and Coastguard response this afternoon (Tuesday). Officers were called to Battery Gardens at the top of Lake Hill at shortly...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Cowes, Newport and Ryde have successfully extinguished a house fire in Thetis Road, Cowes this afternoon (Saturday).  The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to a fire at the terraced property at the far...

UPDATED: Police are searching for a female male suspect following an attempted mugging in Regent Street, Shanklin this afternoon (Friday). Island Echo understands a woman man attempted to rob another woman as she got money out of a cash point at the...

UPDATED: An unexploded WWII German bomb has been found in Portsmouth Harbour this evening (Thursday) and is expected to be detonated off the coast of the Isle of Wight at first light. The popular retail complex Gunwharf Quays has been...