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UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) is attending a cyclist who has come off his bike and sustained head injuries in Ryde this evening (Tuesday).  Police and paramedics were called to Winton Street off Monkton Street...

Bestival Ryde Slide returns to Union Street next Sunday (17th July), and you and a friend could be in with a chance of winning a guaranteed slide! This year the slide has be re-engineered to be faster than ever - it could be the...

UPDATED: Several Police units and paramedics are attending an incident at a property in Oakvale, Ryde this evening (Monday).  5 Police vehicles rushed to Building 9 on the estate at around 17:20, followed by an ambulance. No cordon is currently...

A foreign national, thought to be Hungarian, sparked a wide-scale search and rescue operation this afternoon (Monday) after calling Southern Vectis to report he was stuck on a cliff in Sandown.  Bembridge RNLI Inshore Lifeboat; Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team; Ventnor...

18-year-old Joseph Craig of Castle Road, Newport has this morning (Monday) pleaded guilty to supplying a 'rogue batch' of drugs to 4 individuals, which resulted in them being hospitalised over the weekend. Mr Craig appeared before the Isle of Wight...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a car fire on Shanklin Road on the outskirts of Shanklin this morning (Monday). One appliance from Shanklin Fire Station was mobilised to the incident between Whitely Bank and...

Police are warning Islanders about a rogue batch of ecstasy tablets that is currently circulating on the Island and has led to at least 4 people being hospitalised and even the cancellation of surgery at St Mary's. Island Echo understands that 3 people aged in...

An injured sailor has been taken to Ryde Pier by Calshot RNLI this evening (Saturday) following a collision between two boats on the Solent. Calshot's inshore lifeboat and D-class lifeboat came to the aid of the male casualty to the...

UPDATED: Bembridge RNLI are aiding a dismasted yacht around half a mile off the lifeboat station this afternoon (Saturday). The volunteer crew, who were already afloat in the D-class inshore lifeboat, were tasked to aid the Round the Island Race...

UPDATED: Cowes RNLI have rushed to reports of a sinking vessel just outside Cowes Harbour this evening (Friday).  The lifeboat was tasked to launch at around 19:45 after Solent Coastguard received a Mayday call from a passing yacht reporting that...