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UPDATED: Red Funnel have cancelled a number of their hi-speed Red Jet sailings tomorrow morning (Saturday). Owing to a generator failure on board Red Jet 6, the 08:45 and 09:45 sailings from Southampton, along with the 09:15 and 10:15 sailings from...

UPDATED: A land and sea search is underway in Cowes this morning (Friday) following the discovery of a pile of clothes. Newport Coastguard team are currently conducting a shoreline search between Cowes and Gurnard over fears that a person may...

UPDATED: The main road between Ryde and Newport - Racecourse into Fairlee Road - has been closed in both directions by Police this evening (Thursday) due to a road traffic collision involving at least 3 vehicles.  Police and ambulance crews...

UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are dealing with a chimney fire in Wootton this evening (Thursday). 2 fire appliances, 1 from Newport and the other from East Cowes, were mobilised to the property on Church...

UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: Councillor Phil Jordan, the Isle of Wight Council's Executive member for public protection and the PFI contract, has been charged with drink driving and is due to appear in court next week, Island Echo can exclusively reveal. It was announced...

UPDATED: A car has collided with a Southern Vectis bus in Godshill this afternoon (Wednesday).  The white Skoda Rapid has smashed into the front end of a Southern Vectis Double-Decker bus, which appears to have been stopped at a destignated bus...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a minor collision involving a pick-up and a car on Long Lane near Newport this afternoon (Wednesday).  Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene at the Downend side of Long Lane at 12:30...

UPDATED: The Downs Road has been closed by Police this morning (Wednesday) to allow for the recovery of a vehicle that overturned yesterday evening. Police were called to the initial incident near to Lime Kiln Shute at around 19:15. Officers...

Firefighters from Newport and Ventnor have responded to an electricity pole fire near Whitwell this morning (Tuesday). At just before 08:30 the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to a fire at Ford Farm Lane near the...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a large barn fire at Green Lane Farm in Ashey near Ryde this afternoon (Monday). Appliances from Ryde, Newport, Sandown and Shanklin are in attendance at the...