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Emergency services have been called to a head-on crash on the main road between the villages Godshill and Whitwell this afternoon (Thursday). Police, fire and ambulance crews are on scene having been alerted to the collision at just gone 14:10...

Island Line will not be back up and running until at least Monday but the service could remain suspended for much longer, it has been announced. No trains are currently operating between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin due to the...

Fears that 31,000 properties on the Isle of Wight could lose water by the end of today have been somewhat alleviated, with Southern Water saying that there is now no 'immediate risk' to the water supply - but an overall risk...

Islanders are being warned that even more rain is on the way with 2 yellow weather warnings in place for tomorrow (Thursday) - with an additional 70mm of rain possible. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that heavy and sometimes...

Up to 30,000 homes and businesses on the Isle of Wight look set to have their water supply completely cut off, or will experience low pressure, due to the after effects of today's flash flooding, Southern Water has announced. From tomorrow morning...

Residents in the Monktonmead area of Ryde are expressing their anger this afternoon (Wednesday) as the area has once again been flooded - despite millions of pounds being spent on flood defence schemes in recent years. As previously reported by Island...

Yarmouth RNLI volunteers were awoken at 03:41 yesterday morning (Wednesday) to their pagers sounding as assistance was required by its All-Weather lifeboat. Already at the scene were flanking station Calshot RNLI who were initially called out at the earlier time...

Some of the worst flooding seen on the Isle of Wight in over 10 years has been captured on camera by Island Echo's reporters and readers alike. Overnight more than 60mm of rainfall was recorded in Ryde, with a total...

The main route between Newport and Ryde has been closed this morning (Wednesday) as a result of excessive flooding at Wootton Bridge, where the creek has burst its banks. Island Roads - at the request of Hampshire & Isle of...

The Environment Agency has issued 2 urgent flood warnings for Ryde and Newport due to an overnight deluge which has seen more than 60mm of rainfall recorded in the past 6 hours alone - with more on the way. Officials are warning...