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UPDATED: Two fire appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are currently attending a fire within a property on Upton Road in Ryde this evening (Sunday). Firefighters from Ryde are using a stirrup pump to extinguish the small...

VIDEO: A section of cliff at Yaverland near Sandown is still falling this evening (Sunday) following this morning's landslide, with fears more sections could soon collapse. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services launched a search and rescue operation...

UPDATED: A motorcyclist is being attended to by paramedics this afternoon (Sunday) following a road traffic incident at Eleanor's Grove near Fishbourne. Police and paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance at the scene by Quarr...

UPDATED: A landslide at Yaverland has prompted a search and rescue operation involving Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat, HM Coastguard and the Coastguard Rescue helicopter this morning (Sunday). Local fishing boats off the coast of Sandown Bay witnessed a large...

A set of traffic lights at a busy junction in Newport have been damaged overnight following a road traffic collision. Police were called to Gunville Road at the junction with Forest Road at around 05:00 this morning (Sunday) after a...

UPDATED: The main road through Upper Ventnor has been closed by Police tonight (Friday) due to a road traffic incident involving a bus. Emergency services were called to the scene near Downlands Cresent shortly before 21:40 after a female was...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a kitchen fire at Olivo restaurant in Newport this morning (Friday).  Two appliances and an aerial ladder appliance are in attendance on Pyle Street, where a fire has broken...

Bembridge RNLI launched to assist a 31ft French yacht off the coast of the Isle of Wight during the early hours of this morning (Friday). The volunteer lifeboat crew launched the All Weather Lifeboat at 03:40 at the request of...

Staff and volunteers at Aspire, a community charity based in the heart of Ryde, are this morning (Thursday) counting the costs of a break-in overnight, which has resulted in a loss of up to £1000. At some point overnight a...

UPDATED: Cowes RNLI have tonight (Wednesday) launched on service after a red flare was spotted in the skies over the Solent. The volunteer lifeboat crew were tasked to launch by Solent Coastguard at around 22:30 after it was reported to...