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Bembridge RNLI self-launched their inshore lifeboat following reports of 2 persons potentially in trouble on Bembridge Ledge this afternoon (Sunday). At just before 16:15 a member of the public reported that 2 people had been spotted on the outer rocks of Bembridge Ledge...

Coastguard officers from The Needles and Newport have attended the waters edge in Cowes to rendezvous with a yacht after it started taking on water near East Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). Solent Coastguard tasked the already-afloat Gosport Lifeboat to locate the...

UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a 'sensitive' incident in Bembridge this evening (Saturday).  The yellow charity-funded helicopter landed in...

UPDATED: The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team and Calshot RNLI are on scene at Trinity Landing in Cowes tonight (Friday) where a vessel is sinking rapidly. Just 20 minutes after the end of the annual fireworks display, Solent Coastguard were alerted...

UPDATED: The National Police Air Support helicopter is circling the skies above Sandown this afternoon (Friday) in the search for a missing woman. Island Echo understands Police are looking for a 52-year-old female who has gone missing from Yaverland. The...

UPDATED: Emergency services including the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, Police and ambulance crews are responding to a road traffic collision in Freshwater this morning (Friday), in which a car has come to rest on its side. The...

Work has this week begun on the building of a new 3-lane roundabout, spine road and access road at the site of the new ASDA development in Newport. Overnight the width of St George's Way has been reduced as diggers...

The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team evacuated an injured woman from Alum Bay with the assistance of the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service yesterday evening (Wednesday). Fire crews from Newport and Freshwater were called to the far Western point...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a large fire at a farm near Carisbrooke, Newport tonight (Wednesday). 2 appliances from Ryde, 1 appliance from Newport and 2 water carriers from Freshwater and Ventnor are...

Photo: Wight Drone A planning application for the demolition of The Carlton Hotel in Sandown and the building of a brand new 100-bedroom Premier Inn hotel in its place has been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council this week....