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UPDATED: A car has overturned and come to rest on its roof on a rural road between Brighstone and Mottistone this morning (Thursday).  Fire crews from Freshwater and Newport are working alongside paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service...

A lorry belonging to Island firm Reynolds and Read has left the carriageway and come to rest in a field in Wroxall this afternoon (Wednesday). The tipper, which is carrying a load, has ploughed through a hedge on the main Whitely Bank...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a serious road traffic collision on Smallbrook Lane in Ryde this lunchtime (Tuesday).  Firefighters from Ryde and Newport are in attendance at the scene near the humpback bridge, where two vehicles have sustained heavy damage....

UPDATED: Drivers are facing delays following a Road Traffic Collision on the Downs Road this afternoon (Monday).  Several Police units are in attendance at the scene where a Fiat has collided with another vehicle on the junctions of Lime Kiln Shute and...

The Beacon Centre at St Mary's Hospital in Newport is to become an appointment-only service during evenings, weekends and bank holidays, the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed. Up to 200 patients a day are using the Beacon walk-in service, which is...

Several homes and businesses were without power in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Friday). Residents around the island told Island Echo that their lights had been flickering in the areas of Newport, Carisbrooke, Ryde, Freshwater, Rookley and Shanklin...

Bembridge RNLI came to the rescue of a lone yachtsman off the South Coast of the Isle of Wight this morning (Thursday). The All Weather Lifeboat was launched from Bembridge at the request of Solent Coastguard at around 08:50 to...

UPDATED: A power cut has hit areas of the South Wight this evening (Tuesday) including Chale, Niton, Whitwell and Ventnor. 169 postcode areas are without electricity supplies following the outage at 17:10. Properties affected include those in the PO38 1--; PO38...

UPDATED: Multiple Police units and the National Police Air Service helicopter are in attendance in Shorwell this afternoon (Tuesday) following the attempted robbery of the village post office.  Police have confirmed that no money or goods have been stolen in...

Police are tonight (Monday) investigating reports of a man indecently exposing himself to a mum and daughter in Appley, Ryde. The local woman was enjoying a run along Ryde Seafront with her daughter and her daughter's friend earlier this evening...