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UPDATED: Bomb Disposal experts are this afternoon (Tuesday) attending what is believed to be an unexploded mortar on Tennyson Down, Freshwater. The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team were called from Portsmouth earlier this afternoon by local Police after what is...

A man has been treated for the effects of smoke inhalation overnight following a property fire in Ryde. Fire crews were called to Castle Street in the town just before 00:45 this morning (Tuesday) following reports of a fire in...

A search and rescue operation was launched yesterday evening (Thursday) after a flare was spotted off of the Ventnor coast. As reported by Island Echo last night, Coastguard Rescue 104 helicopter from Lee-on-Solent was tasked to the area after HM...

UPDATED: Police are this morning (Thursday) investigating the possibility of an arson attack on three vehicles in Newport. Fire crews were called to Drill Hall Road in the center of the town at just gone 03:30 this morning following reports...

A motorcycle rider has been taken to St Mary's Hospital this evening following a road traffic collision near Freshwater. The unknown rider was involved in a three-vehicle collision near to The Apple Farm on Middle Road shortly before 17:20, as...

An elderly man has been treated for smoke inhalation following a fire at a Newport care home this morning (Tuesday). Three fire crews from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Newport Residential Care Home on...

VIDEO: Three pumping appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to Wetherspoons in Ryde this evening. Two appliances from Ryde and one from Newport, alongside the Aerial Ladder Platform from Ryde, are currently attending the...

UPDATED THURSDAY: An 82-year-old man has died following a house fire in Ryde yesterday evening (Tuesday). As IslandEcho reported last night, six people were treated by paramedics after a fire broke out in the kitchen of a semi-detached property in...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this evening attending a fire at a property in St Thomas' Street, Ryde. Several appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance alongside Police and Ambulance crews. UPDATE @ 18:51 -...

Gritters will be out across the Island's road network for the first time tonight as winter approaches, marking the start of a season of wet weather, dangerous driving conditions, school closures and increased incidents. Island Roads will deploy the new...