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UPDATED: Yarmouth RNLI have gone to the aid of a yacht that has run aground at Hurst Point this afternoon (Friday). The volunteer lifeboat crew were paged to launch the all weather lifeboat (ALB) at just before 13:30 after the...

Residents living in Newport, who play the People’s Postcode Lottery, will be delighted to discover today (Friday) that they are set to share a £3 million prize pot after their postcode, PO30 1, was drawn as the winner of the...

UPDATED: Fire crews from Ryde Fire Station are this morning (Thursday) attending Marshcombe Shute in Brading after smoke started to issue from the brakes of a gas tanker. At just before 10:45 the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service...

UPDATED: Police are searching for a masked man who last night (Wednesday) stole cash from Shanklin's Co-Operative Welcome store after assaulting one member of staff and threatening another with a metal bar. As reported by Island Echo earlier this morning,...

UPDATED: Some 73 postcode areas are without power in the Ventnor area this morning (Thursday).  Shortly after 06:15 faults were reported on the network, which is affecting postcodes PO38 1AA through to PO38 1XY, alongside a few other isolated areas....

**UPDATE - Further details are now available at https://www.islandecho.co.uk/news/cash-stolen-in-shanklin-armed-robbery** UPDATED: Police are remaining tight-lipped about an incident at the Co-Operative Welcome store on Arthur's Hill in Shanklin tonight (Wednesday), in which a staff member was injured. The Isle of Wight...

The Needles Landmark Attraction at Alum Bay was evacuated yesterday (Tuesday) after a 3-inch shell was discovered by a member of the public, who carried the explosive up from the beach below. Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were called to the...

UPDATED: A search is tonight (Tuesday) underway in the Niton area for a missing 11-year-old boy. Police officers have been joined by members of the public in the search for the youngster, who is thought to have been missing since...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a plane crash at Bembridge Airport this morning (Tuesday), in which a light aircraft has landed upside down off the runway. The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at the scene...

UPDATED: A 49-year-old Island man, who has been battling for his life in hospital following a serious assault in Newport during the early hours of Sunday morning, has died. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called to St...