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A van and car have been involved in a collision outside Northwood County Show Ground between Newport and Cowes this afternoon (Monday). No one has been seriously injured in the incident, which has involved a Vauxhall people carrier and a NHS...

The victim of a fatal marine incident on the Solent on Friday who is said to have been 'one of a kind' has been named as 36-year-old Ryan Scott McKinlay of Gosport. As previously reported by Island Echo, Mr McKinlay...

Bembridge RNLI's all weather lifeboat was launched this afternoon (Sunday) to assist a fishing boat with 9 persons on board. The chartered fishing boat 'Shaka 2' set sail from Langstone Harbour with a party of 9 people before they reported...

Scenes of crime officers are this afternoon (Sunday) continuing to examine a footpath in Newport that has been cordoned off by Police. A pathway connecting Grange Drive and Heytesbury Road off Hunnyhill has been cordoned off today as investigations are...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this morning (Sunday) attending a road traffic collision in Lake in which a motorist has collided with a wall and lampost. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are attending to the driver of the...

VIDEO: Police have sealed off a street in Ryde after a fire broke out during the early hours of this morning (Sunday), as live reported by Island Echo. Officers have set up an inner cordon on Union Road around the...

A multi-agency rescue took place during the early hours of this morning (Sunday) after a woman fell around 15ft in East Cowes. Firefighters from Newport were called to Old Castle Point on East Cowes Esplanade at 01:48 to assist the Isle...

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: A large fire has broken out in Union Road, Ryde this morning (Sunday) after a gas main fractured. Four appliances have responded to the scene between Union Street and George Street to a building adjacent to The...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Ryde and Ventnor are attending a kitchen fire at a property in Ventnor this evening (Saturday).  Crews were called to the residential dwelling on Gills Cliff Road at 19:44 with a retained fire crew from Ventnor first...

UPDATED: Firefighters have been called to the New Look clothes store in Ryde High Street this afternoon (Saturday). A pumping appliance and aerial appliance from Ryde are in attendance at the store following reports of smoke inside the building. Initial...