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Tributes have been paid to 48-year-old Jason 'Jay' Nicholls, who died after being run over by a car in Sandown on New Year's Eve. Police were called at 17:17 on Tuesday 31st December to a report of a collision on...

The Isle of Wight Council says that the Cowes Floating Bridge is to remain out of action until at least Wednesday owing to a battery fault. Contractors have been on board the troubled vessel to identify a fault with 4...

A chimney stack has been destroyed, tiles damaged and a window completely blown out by a lightning strike on a home in the rural village of Brighstone. Firefighters from numerous Isle of Wight stations have rushed to the West Wight...

Firefighters rushed to GKN in East Cowes this morning (Monday) following reports of a fire. Crews from Newport and Ryde rushed to the scene on Ferry Road at around 10:45. Staff were evacuated from the premises whilst firefighters investigated the...

Disruption on Red Funnel’s East Cowes-Southampton vehicle ferry service continues into the new week with a number of cancellations due to adverse weather conditions. The 04:30 and 07:30 sailings from Southampton have been pulled this morning (Monday), alongside the 06:00...

Residents in the Pondwell area of the East Wight remain without power this evening (Sunday) several hours after the outage was first reported. Island Echo understands that around 280 customers in the area are currently without power. The outage was...

The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast tomorrow (Monday). Monday morning's tide at 09:30 is set to be higher than normal due to unsettled weather with strong South Westerly Force 6 winds...

Services on Red Funnel's vehicle ferry service have been suspended this lunchtime (Sunday) as stormy weather continues to wreak havoc on the Isle of Wight. The cross-Solent operator had already cancelled 6 sailings this morning as a result of stormy...

A yellow weather warning for wind tomorrow (Monday) has been upgraded to amber with winds as high as 80mph possible in coastal areas of the Isle of Wight. As first reported by Island Echo, a yellow weather warning for heavy...

Adverse weather conditions on the Solent have resulted in the suspension of Hovertravel services this morning (Sunday). An update as to whether service can resume is due at 09:45 In the meantime, purchased tickets are being accepted on Wightlink’s FastCat...