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Firefighters assisted in the rescue of a horse from a farm on the outskirts of Newport yesterday afternoon (Saturday). Crews from Newport and Ryde were called to Park Farm off of the B3401 Calbourne Road near to the Blacksmith Arms...

UPDATED: A section of The Downs between Rowlands Lane and Newport Shute has been closed this afternoon (Saturday) after a vehicle flipped onto its roof. A Green Ford Focus has come to rest on its roof in the hedge lining...

UPDATED: Residents in the rural areas of Whitwell and Niton are without power again this evening (Friday) following a network fault. Mirroring last night's power outage, which affected 1700 homes, properties in neighbouring Chale, Blackgang and Ventnor are also without...

UPDATED: 1700 homes are without power in Blackgang, Chale, Niton, Whitwell and the surrounding areas this evening. Properties in the rural villages, including in the Gills Cliff Road area of Ventnor, are without electricity supplies following a fault with the...

Emergency services are this afternoon attending a road traffic collision on the A3055 Park Avenue in Ventnor. Island Echo understand a single-vehicle, driven by a woman, has collided with a flowerbed near to The Royal Hotel at the junction of...

Volunteer lifeboat crews members from Cowes RNLI have rescued two people who became cut off whilst fossil hunting in Thorness Bay this lunchtime (Thursday). Cowes RNLI lifeboat was requested for immediate launch just before 13:00 after Solent Coastguard received reports...

EXCLUSIVE: Premier Inn, one of the countries leading hotel chains, is set to open a new hotel in Lake on the outskirts of Sandown, Island Echo can exclusively reveal. Work is underway on a planning application to bring a new...

UPDATED: Home Office Immigration officers are this evening (Tuesday) in attendance at St James' Street in Newport, believed to be searching a takeaway premises. It has been confirmed that officers are currently involved in an ongoing operation and are present at an...

UPDATED: Fire crews have this afternoon assisted in freeing a man from an East Cowes property. Firefighters from East Cowes were called to Captain's Parade near Beatrice Avenue shortly before 13:00 after reports that an engineer had become stuck in...

A large section of the cliff face between Sandown and Shanklin collapsed overnight, taking utility pipes and safety railings with it. 12 metres of fencing has now been erected near to Lake Cliff Gardens by HSS Hire for the public's...