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UPDATED: Two vehicles have been involved in a road traffic collision in Newport this afternoon (Saturday), which has ended with one vehicle coming to rest on its side. Emergency services were called to Holyrood Street near the junction with Sea...

UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are this afternoon (Friday) attending a property fire on Furrlongs, Pan Estate. Smoke can be seen billowing from the first floor window of the terraced property. No one is...

A car left the carriageway and became embedded in a hedge off a busy roundabout in Ryde this morning (Wednesday).  Emergency services were called to the incident on Brading Road at the Tesco roundabout next to Busy Bee Garden Centre at...

Declining pupil numbers at Weston Academy in Totland, West Wight has led to the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan MP, agreeing in principle to the closure of the village primary school at the end of this autumn term...

Bembridge RNLI were tasked to launch at just gone 15:45 this afternoon (Monday) to assist a 10.5m charter angling boat with 8 persons on board that had suffered a mechanical failure. The All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) Frank and Anne Wilkinson reached...

Firefighters from Newport and Freshwater have ventilated a smoke logged property in the West Wight this afternoon (Sunday). Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Collards Close off Sunset Close, Freshwater at just...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Ryde and Newport are tackling a shed fire at a property in Warwick Street, Ryde this lunchtime (Sunday).  Two appliances are in attendance at the semi detached home off St John's Road having been called at around...

A severe weather warning for fog has been issued by the Met Office for the Isle of Wight this morning (Sunday). Widespread and locally dense fog is currently being experienced with visibility expected to be reduced to just 50-100 metres in...

Around 2000 homes in Ryde suffered a power cut overnight following what is believed to be some kind of small explosion at the main sub station off St John's Road in the town. At around 01:30 this morning (Sunday) Island Echo...

Bembridge RNLI went to the assistance of a drifting angling boat off the East coast of the Isle of Wight this evening (Saturday).  The temporary relief lifeboat the Frank and Anne Wilkinson (16-06) launched at just before 18:00 at the...