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UPDATED: A man has died on board a yacht this afternoon (Monday) after being struck on the head by the boom of the vessel. Emergency services were alerted to the incident at around 13:00, prompting Cowes RNLI lifeboat to launch at...

UPDATED: A 33-year-old man has been arrested by Police on suspicion of child abduction on the Isle of Wight following an appeal to locate a missing 15-year-old girl. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police last night issued an urgent...

Cowes Week participation came at a price for the skipper of a Norwegian ocean racer when just after beginning the long passage home this evening (Sunday) he received a potentially serious injury, resulting in an urgent call for help to the local...

FOUND: Police are this afternoon (Sunday) appealing for the public's help in locating a missing 15-year-old girl who is believed to be on the Isle of Wight having gone missing from Southampton. Officers are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare...

Firefighters from Newport are this afternoon (Sunday) tackling a fire at a water treatment plant in Shorwell. Crews were called to the scene on Limerstone Road at around 14:50 with two pumping appliances from Newport Fire Station attending the incident....

A residential street in Ryde has been closed this afternoon (Sunday) after a void appeared in the middle of the road. Arthur Street in the town has been closed at the junctions of Pellhurst Road and West Street after a...

Contingency firefighters, who are providing fire cover during today's national FBU strike, are this afternoon (Sunday) pumping water from a house boat in Bembridge. Just 10 minutes after the strike action started at midday, the Isle of Wight Fire and...

A driver fled the scene of a road traffic collision in Lake during the early hours of this morning (Sunday), leaving his vehicle on its side. The collision, involving a silver VW Polo, occurred on Lake Hill at around 02:20...

With a Met office yellow weather warning still in place for heavy rain tomorrow (Sunday), local weather forecasters Isle of Wight Weather have issued a localised outlook for the next 24 hours. Flash flooding, fallen branches and disruption to transport are...

A group of 7 sea-goers who had consumed a considerable amount of alcohol collided with Warden Ledge off the West Wight coast on Thursday, resulting in their boat beginning to sink, it has been revealed.  As previously reported by Island...