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A 43-year-old man is said to be in a life-threatening condition in Southampton General Hospital following a collision between a car and tractor near Cowes yesterday morning (Monday). As previously reported by Island Echo, a car was involved in a collision with...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision in Wootton has resulted in the closure of the main road between Ryde and Newport this lunchtime (Tuesday). Lushington Hill has been closed between the Racecourse Roundabout and Station Road following a collision involving a...

UPDATED: A criminal dubbed the 'Carisbrooke Slasher' has struck again over the weekend, bringing further misery to motorists. As previously reported by Island Echo, residents living in the estate surrounding Carisbrooke College have been terrorised for months with car tires being...

The driver of the car involved has been described as being in a life-threatening condition. Updated article here. UPDATED: Firefighters have this morning (Monday) successfully extinguished a car fire on the outside of Cowes after a car collided into the...

UPDATED: A road on the outskirts of Brading is blocked this evening (Saturday) due to a Southern Vectis bus breaking down in the middle of the carriageway.  Traffic has come to a halt in both directions on Marshcombe Shute between...

UPDATED: In light of the current weather conditions, the organisers of Walk the Wight are making people aware that it is very windy across the whole of the Island and even more so in the West Wight and The Needles Finish...

UPDATED WITH OBJECTION LINK: A shocking document highlighting the final proposals by the Isle of Wight Council to implement a vast amount of changes to parking across the Island has revealed that locations such as Blackgang View Point, Puckpool Park and...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this evening attending a road traffic collision involving at least two cars at Smallbrook Roundabout on the outskirts of Ryde. Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene at around 17:55 following reports of a collision between...

UPDATED: Firefighters have this afternoon (Friday) extinguished a car fire on Coppins Bridge, Newport. The red Volkswagen Beetle is understood to have started to smoke heavily, filling the cabin with thick smoke forcing the driver to pull the vehicle over...

UPDATED: Coastguard Rescue Teams from The Needles and Ventnor are this afternoon (Friday) working to rescue two kayakers who have become stuck on the rocks at Freshwater Bay. The male and female are said to cut off by the tide in the...