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Armed Police have taken up position outside an address in East Cowes where a standoff is ongoing this evening (Monday). Police descended on the North Wight town at around 18:00, speeding toward the bottom end of York Avenue. A number...

Lifeboats from both the Island and the mainland were called to assist a speedboat taking on water off The Needles this afternoon (Sunday). Alerted at around 15:00, crews from Freshwater, Lymington and Mudeford made the trip to the West Wight...

Freshwater Independent Lifeboat launched both its lifeboats in a bid to rescue a swimmer in difficulty off the coast of Brighstone this evening (Sunday). The volunteer lifeboat crew were paged by Solent Coastguard at just after 20:00 and soon launched...

It was a busy afternoon on the water for the crew of Bembridge RNLI today (Sunday) RNLB Norman Harvey was launched earlier this afternoon, at around 13:15, to assist the 8 crew of a RIB that had run aground on...

A missing person search earlier this afternoon (Sunday) had a positive outcome thanks to the efforts of WightSAR and Police. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was alerted to reports of a high-risk missing person just after lunchtime this afternoon,...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to the Island for the 3rd time this weekend, this time attending a medical emergency in Freshwater Bay. Leaving their Thruxton base at around 15:45 this afternoon (Sunday), the...

A car has been seized following an incident in Ashey yesterday (Saturday) that saw men allegedly armed with machetes gain entry to an address in suspicious circumstances. Police were called at around 16:42 yesterday to an incident on Ashey Road,...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance was scrambled to Newport earlier this evening (Saturday) on what was the helicopter's 2nd Island shout of the day. The urgent call was made to flying doctors at around 17:30, with it...

Emergency services have been called to a road traffic collision involving a single vehicle on the main road to Freshwater this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has occurred on The Middle Road between the junction with the B3399 and Brook Road....

A road traffic collision is causing delays on one of the main routes out of Sandown today (Saturday). The incident has occurred on Morton Common just past the junction with Perowne Way and Avenue Road. Island Echo understands that a...