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UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue service have this morning (Thursday) attended Ryde Pier Head following an alarm activation that echoed through the town. An extremely loud alarm could be heard right across Ryde for over 30 minutes...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have this afternoon (Wednesday) carried out a controlled explosion on 10 shells discovered on the banks of the River Medina. The mainland-based Ordinance Disposal Team from Portsmouth were called to Medina Yard on Arctic Road,...

EXCLUSIVE: Water main replacement work on St John's Hill in Ryde is to be redone due to a technical fault with the work that took 6 months to originally complete, Island Echo can exclusively reveal. Residents in the area and...

UPDATED: A Volkswagen campervan has collided with a property on a narrow stretch of road in Carisbrooke this afternoon (Tuesday). Police were called to the scene on the B3401 Calbourne Road at its junction with the High Street shortly after...

Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tackled a fire at a car sales lot in Newport overnight. Firefighters from Newport Fire Station turned out to reports of a blaze at Quay Car Sales in...

UPDATED: A burst water main on a stretch of road in Ryde that has been hampered by months of water main replacement work has caused the partial collapse of the carriageway this evening (Monday). With the water rising through the...

UPDATED: Three people aged in their thirties have been arrested today (Monday) following drugs raids in Newport. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary raided two properties in the town just before 10:00 this morning, one in West Street and one in South...

Fire crews were called to a cell fire at HMP Isle of Wight earlier this morning (Monday) following a deliberate attempt to cause a blaze. Two appliances from Newport Fire Station turned out to the incident at 05:10 following reports...

UPDATED: A sinkhole has appeared in the middle of a Shanklin road this morning (Monday). Motorists are advised to avoid St John's Road in the town after the discovery of a deep hole in the carriageway, near to the top...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have attended a kitchen fire in Binstead this evening (Saturday) where a person has been taken to safety by a neighbour. Crews from Newport and Ryde - three appliances in total -...