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UPDATED: A mother and her young child have been involved in a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Newport this evening (Monday). Emergency services including paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to the scene on...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has this morning (Monday) airlifted a patient from Ryde to the mainland for treatment. The life-saving charity were called to land at Simeon Street Rec at the request of the Isle of...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service tonight (Saturday) responded to Sevenacres Mental Health Unit in Newport. An aerial ladder platform appliance and the service's rescue tender were mobilised to the unit at around 20:15 following reports of a...

The volunteer crew of Cowes RNLI launched to escort a yacht to safety earlier this afternoon (Saturday) after a woman fell unconscious whilst on the Solent. HM Coastguard were alerted at around 14:00 that a female on board 'Party', a...

UPDATED: The crew of Red Funnel's Red Eagle car ferry have assisted in the rescue of sailors from a capsized yacht in Southampton Water this morning (Saturday). Whilst travelling between East Cowes and Southampton on a regular crossing, the passenger...

Firefighters were called to a taxi on fire in Ryde High Street earlier this morning (Saturday). One appliance from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service was mobilised to the scene near the junction with St John's Road and Green Street...

The Isle of Wight Zoo is tonight (Friday) mourning the loss of another one of their much-loved animals following the sad death of Diamond, an Indian tiger. The Sandown zoo announced via the social networking site Twitter this evening that at...

UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are this afternoon (Friday) attending a flat fire that has broke out in the heart of Newport. Crews are in attendance at Savoy Court on Town Lane, where smoke...

UPDATED: Firefighters are this morning (Friday) working to free a pony that has become stuck in a ditch on the outskirts of Newport. Two appliances and a specialist animal rescue unit are in attendance at the scene at Goshens Farm...

Firefighters from Shanklin and Ventnor have tackled a shed fire at a residential property in Wroxall tonight. As first reported by Island Echo, crews were called to the village shortly before midnight after reports were received of a garden shed well alight....