Breaking News

Just hours after a woman and her dog were rescued from a sticky situation, search and rescue teams have been called back to the same location at Whitecliff Bay in Bembridge, where a another woman and her dog have now...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in Newport this lunchtime (Sunday) in response to a critical medical emergency on Hunnyhill. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has a critical care paramedic and an ambulance crew on...

A woman stuck up to her waist in mud - and her dog - have been rescued thanks to a multi-agency operation in Bembridge this morning (Sunday). It was shortly before 10:15 that HM Coastguard and Hampshire & Isle of...

A yacht with its spinnaker wrapped around the mast led to the launch of Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat at lunchtime today (Saturday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Tamar-class lifeboat at 11:56 to assist a 32ft racing yacht...

Wightlink is the latest cross-Solent operator to be hit by technical issues, which has resulted in the cancellation of a number of sailings on its Yarmouth-Lymington route today (Saturday). It’s said that the 15:00 and 17:00 timetabled sailings from Lymington,...

Bembridge-based aircraft manufacturer, Britten-Norman, has been taken over resulting in a working capital injection into the business and support to ramp up production. Last month Island Echo reported that an intention to appoint notice had been filed at the King’s...

Reports of a man having gone missing in Nettlestone led to an emergency Police response to the village this afternoon (Friday). Officers from across the Island converged on the Caws Avenue area at just before 14:30. Police searching the area...

30-year-old Daniel Taylor has been charged with 2 counts of robbery and remanded in custody following an incident at Central Stores in Newport yesterday (Thursday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to the High Street at 14:18...

Cordons have been erected on a residential road in Binstead this afternoon (Friday) where firefighters equipped with breathing apparatus have entered a property. 2 appliances from Ryde Fire Station were called to the scene on Greenway at around 13:45. At...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has responded to a medical emergency in the village of Godshill this lunchtime (Friday). Medics were scrambled to Central Wight at just before 13:00 to assist colleagues from the Isle of Wight...