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Police are appealing for information following the sudden death of a woman in her 70s at her home in Cowes on Friday. Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to the residential address on Seaview Road at...

An 8-mile diesel spill from Staplers Road in Newport to Great Preston Road in Ryde is being dealt with by highways operatives this lunchtime (Sunday). A vehicle travelling from the county town and over The Downs to Ryde has leaked...

The mixing of cleaning chemicals led to a homeowner being treated by paramedics at an address in Cowes this afternoon (Saturday).  Emergency services were called to Bellevue Road in the town at just gone 14:00 when a person became unwell...

Firefighters responded to a property in Upper Ventnor earlier this evening (Saturday) when a tumble dryer sparked an emergency call out. 3 appliances from Newport and Shanklin responded to Newport Road shortly before 18:30 following a 999 call to fire...

The driver of a Jaguar that hit a tree and rolled several times on Whiterails Road near Wootton yesterday (Friday) has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs. It was...

A 17-year-old boy was arrested by Police at the ferry terminal in Fishbourne yesterday (Thursday) less than an hour after failing his driving test and allegedly becoming abusive towards the examiner. It's understood that the teenager travelled across to the...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Whiterails Road between Newport and Wootton this afternoon (Friday), where a car has rolled onto its roof. Police, fire and ambulance crews are all on scene near to Butterfly World having...

A boat well ablaze in the middle of the River Medina is being tackled by fire crews on the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Friday). The incident began at around 15:15 and has seen a boat catch fire in the...

A 40-year-old man has been pronounced dead after being found in the water off Ventnor Esplanade this afternoon (Friday). As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were mobilised to Esplanade after a male was spotted in the choppy waters...

Adverse weather has forced disruption on Red Jet and Hovertravel services this afternoon (Friday). Hovertravel has temporarily suspended its cross-Solent service between Ryde and Southsea due to the high winds whilst Red Jet has cancelled the 15:35, 16:45 and 17:55...