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UPDATED: A van has been involved in a collision with a set of traffic lights in Shanklin this afternoon (Tuesday). Emergency services are currently attending the incident on North Road near the junction with Clarendon Road. The white Ford Transit van...

UPDATED: Emergency services are currently attending a road traffic collision in Yaverland near Sandown in which a car has overturned and come to rest on its roof. Firefighters from Sandown, paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police...

UPDATED: A motorcyclist has been injured in Ventnor this evening (Monday) after a car driver opened their door. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently attending to the injured female motorcyclist in the High Street. Police are...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision at Brook this afternoon (Saturday) where a car has come to rest on its roof. Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service from Newport and Freshwater were...

UPDATED: Bembridge RNLI’s all weather lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue 104 helicopter from Lee-on-Solent are involved in a search and rescue operation in the English Channel this morning (Saturday) for a passenger who has gone missing from the cruise ship Ventura. ...

UPDATED: Police and paramedics are attending a road traffic incident in Wellow tonight (Thursday) which has resulted in the hard road closure of a country road. Emergency services were called to the scene on the B3401 Wellow Road between Thorley and...

A temporary 40mph speed limit is being brought back in on the Island's dual carriageway tonight (Thursday) following a road traffic collision nearly three weeks ago. From 19:30 this evening until Thursday 29th October - or when the works have been...

UPDATED: A pedestrian has been involved in a collision with a car on Parkhurst Road, Newport this lunchtime (Wednesday).  Police and ambulance crews are currently attending the incident outside St Mary's Hospital. The road has been closed in both directions....

UPDATED: Lynnbottom civic amenity site at Briddlesford Road, Downend has been closed until further notice following the discovery of a suspected explosive device. Bomb disposal experts are en-route to the scene to carry out investigations on the device. The site has...

UPDATED: Tributes have been paid to 21-year-old Island lad Reese Mitchell, who tragically died following a road traffic collision on Military Road on Sunday. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to the scene near Atherfield at...