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UPDATED WITH PICTURE GALLERY: Heavy and prolonged rain overnight has lead to a number of roads across the Island becoming flooded this morning (Friday) bringing some travel disruption. Residents in Brading were cut off during the early hours when flood...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this morning attending a road traffic collision in Porchfield which has resulted in one woman becoming trapped inside her vehicle. Fire crews from Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have worked to free the female...

Two brand new buses have been damaged and two persons have been injured following separate incidents on the Island's road network this evening (Wednesday). Southern Vectis' newly commissioned £180,000 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 buses were only launched two weeks ago, however...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this morning attending the seafront at East Cowes after a body was spotted floating in 2ft of water. Cowes RNLI lifeboat, Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Teams, Police and Ambulance crews are attending the incident. The unidentified body...

UPDATED: An appeal has been launched for information to help find a missing 35-year-old Island woman who was last seen in Weymouth. Ruth Taylor, 35, from Hannah House in the Hunnyhill area of Newport was last seen at The Rex...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this afternoon responding to a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Shorwell. Island Echo understands a currently unknown vehicle has left the carriageway and come to rest in a hedge near to Westcourt Farm on...

A 19-year-old male was led to safety by Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge in the early hours of this morning (Saturday). The man, who is not from the Island, became disorientated while walking on the beach shortly after midnight and tried...

UPDATED: Emergency services are currently attending a serious road traffic incident on Forest Road in Newport. Several appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending the incident at the junction with Whitehouse Road alongside Police and...

UPDATED: Firefighters are this morning (Saturday) tackling a flat fire in Shanklin. Three appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service from Newport, Sandown and Shanklin, are currently attending to a reported fire at a flat in Regent...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this morning (Friday) attending a road traffic collision in Binstead after a vehicle careered into a traffic island. A Silver VW Golf, travelling towards Ryde, collided with the island and a lamppost shortly before 09:20 prompting...