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UPDATED: Firefighters from Ryde are tackling a house fire in the Haylands area of Ryde this morning (Wednesday).  Two appliances were called to the scene at The Hayloft off Windmill Close at around 08:30 after a neighbour spotted smoke and...

UPDATED: A car and pick-up have collided on Betty Haunt Lane on the outskirts of Newport this evening (Tuesday). Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are in attendance at the scene off Forest Road. The collision...

UPDATED: Around 25 Island jobs are now at risk as British Home Stores (BHS) goes into administration. The Island's only BHS store could face closure as it is announced the 88-year-old nationwide retailer has started the process of going into administration today (Monday)...

UPDATED: A body has been discovered off the coast of Sandown this afternoon (Sunday).  Bembridge RNLI lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue 104 helicopter are on scene around half a mile off the coast, where a body is understood to have been...

UPDATED: Two boats have run aground off Ryde this evening (Sunday), prompting local Coastguards to respond to the area. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team are in attendance at Ryde Harbour as they observe two boats which have struck a sand bank...

UPDATE: A pedestrian has been involved in a collision with a car on The Mall between Newport and Carisbrooke this afternoon (Sunday). According to reports, a blue car has collided with a pedestrian at the junction with Bedford Row. Paramedics...

UPDATED: A motorcyclist has been involved in a collision with a car on Ashey Road in Ryde this afternoon (Saturday).  Emergency services are in attendance at the junction with Bettsworth Road, where a motorcycle has collided with the driver's side...

UPDATED: A power cut is affecting 187 postcode areas in the South Wight this evening (Friday). At around 17:20 supplies were was lost in Chale, Niton, Whitwell and areas of Ventnor, just as many households started cooking dinner. The fault is...

UPDATED: 34-year-old Jamie Clarke from Carisbrooke is to appear in court today (Wednesday) after the mugging of an elderly pensioner in Ventnor on Friday. As first reported by Island Echo, a man in his 80s had his pension money stolen...

Firefighters from Cowes and Newport have contained and extinguished a fire at an industrial unit in Somerton, Cowes tonight (Tuesday). One appliance from Cowes was mobilised to a fire alarm activation at Blade Dynamics on Saunders Drive at around 20:35,...