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Island Line suspended their train service earlier this evening following a technical fault with the line. Passengers on board the stranded train at Ryde Pier were informed by the conductor of a small fire, however IslandEcho can confirm that a...

The Environment Agency has this afternoon (Sunday) issued a flood warning for East Cowes, Cowes and Newport. Water levels are expected to be high around the slipways throughout Cowes, with properties on the slipway close to the floating bridge expected...

UPDATED MONDAY: Hampshire Constabulary have confirmed that a 39-year-old Island man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an alleged assault in Sandown yesterday (Saturday). An alleyway running down the side of a terraced house on Avenue Road was cordoned off...

A graphic account of a life or death search for an inebriated 52-year-old man who had plunged into the River Medina at Cowes in the early hours of this morning (Saturday) has been given by a member of the local...

UPDATED: Paramedics are this afternoon treating a woman who has fallen around 30ft down a cliff face in Yaverland near Sandown. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue are currently attending the scene alongside Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service. Coastguard Rescue...

UPDATED: Emergency services are this morning attending to a man who has fallen from the roof of a large house in Brading. It is understood the gentleman has landed on a garage after falling from the roof of a first...

UPDATED: Emergency services have this evening attended an incident on Culver Down near Yaverland. IslandEcho understand a male fell from his bike while riding on the down when using his mobile phone, slightly injuring his foot. The unknown male called...

UPDATED: Around 65 properties in the Ashey area of Ryde are without electricity this evening (Wednesday). A spokesperson for Southern and Scottish Electric told IslandEcho that residents and businesses in the area were taken off of the power network at...

UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are this evening attending a two car road traffic collision in Ryde. St Johns Road has been partially closed following the incident between a Renault Clio and a Land Rover Discovery shortly before 17:40. Police...

Two flats in Sandown High Street were evacuated in the early hours of this morning after a fire broke out in a popular fish and chip shop. Three appliances from Newport, Sandown and Shanklin were called to the scene at...