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A shed ablaze has closed the main road through Merstone this afternoon (Friday). The incident occurred at around 13:00 and has seen a shed to the rear of a property catch fire. The fire also spread to a portion of...

A woman cut off by the tide at the base of Culver Down has been winched to safety - alongside a lifeboat crew member going to her assistance - in a joint operation between the Coastguard Helicopter, Coastguard Rescue Teams...

Firefighters are tackling a vehicle fire which has forced the closure of the main Newport to Cowes road this afternoon (Thursday). A Mercedes convertible has gone up in flames at the side of the road near to the County Showground....

Cross-Solent operator Wightlink is advising of 2-hour delays to its Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service this morning (Thursday) - but the reason remains unclear. Every single ferry to and from the Isle of Wight on the busy route is listed as...

Police have confirmed that the elderly driver of a Kia that crashed into a wall in Ventnor yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) has sustained serious injuries. Police were called by ambulance colleagues to Leeson Road at around 14:42 when a Kia Pride...

A 43-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man have been arrested and questioned in connection with suspected drug dealing after their car was stopped in Apse Heath yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). At around 15:00, officers stopped a silver Peugeot 206 on Newport...

Emergency services have been called to Leeson Road in Ventnor this afternoon (Tuesday) where a car has veered off the road. The incident, which has occurred on the main road between Shanklin and Ventnor, has involved a Kia Pride. Police...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance landed in the car park at Red Funnel's Southampton terminal this morning (Tuesday) in response to a passenger suffering a medical emergency on board the Red Falcon. Several vehicles from both Police...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses to a sexual assault during which a woman in her 20s was inappropriately touched whilst travelling on a bus. The incident happened on the Route 3 bus, between Ventnor and...

A lorry that has left the road near Yaverland after its driver took evasive action to avoid an oncoming vehicle has been prevented from rolling over by a road sign. Island Echo is told that a car exited Culver Down Road...