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A yellow weather warning for fog has been issued for the Isle of Wight this morning (Wednesday), with things set to get progressively worse this evening and overnight into Thursday morning. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that coastal mist...

Police on the Isle of Wight are searching for a stolen silver VW Golf that was taken from a driveway in Sandown overnight. The vehicle - registration mark RJ61 FWM - was parked on a driveway outside a residential address...

A collision involving a Quad Bike on Beatrice Avenue in East Cowes has caused the road to be blocked this afternoon (Tuesday) with emergency services rushed to the scene. Multiple vehicles from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and the...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat was involved in 2 late-night incidents on the River Medina yesterday (Sunday) - the last night of the Isle of Wight Festival. The 1st incident was when at 23:10, while on exercise on the river, the lifeboat...

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain - potentially up to 40mm in places - has been issued for the Isle of Wight overnight tonight (Monday) into Tuesday morning. IW Met Service says that thundery showers with perhaps some longer...

Firefighters are once again tackling a fire at the derelict Ocean Hotel on Sandown seafront this morning (Monday). 3 appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene at the Esplanade as a result of...

An employee of Red Funnel has died following a lorry crash outside the firm’s Southampton ferry terminal. The incident occurred on Thursday morning just as thousands of revellers were preparing to cross the Solent for the Isle of Wight Festival....

Police have today arrested a 36-year-old man from Cowes on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at 11:24 this morning (Sunday) to reports of a verbal altercation taking place between a group...

A woman has been left with fractures to her face following an alleged assault in Newport. Police were called shortly after 16:30 yesterday (Saturday 17th June) to a report that a woman in her 20s had been assaulted by a...

Island Echo has received multiple reports overnight of 2 ‘whippet type’ dogs allegedly attacking cats in the Bay Area with at least 1 cat reported killed. Island VetCare issued a warning to cat owners last night (Friday) in the Shanklin...