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A woman in her 50s has sadly died after being pulled from the water in Ryde on Wednesday evening. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services responded to reports of a person in the water shortly before 18:30. Ryde...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are working to rescue a person from a rooftop in Sandown this evening (Thursday). The casualty is located on a flat roof to the...

A cordon has been erected by Police around a car park at The Bay CE Secondary School in Sandown this lunchtime (Thursday) after the discovery of what is believed to be a piece of historical, unexploded ordnance. Officers were called...

A 3-car shunt is causing traffic delays on Long Lane this morning (Thursday). The incident occurred at around 10:30 and has seen a road traffic incident take place halfway between Staplers Road and Robin Hill Roundabout near the dog kennels....

The search for a man who has gone missing from the Staplers area of Newport is underway tonight (Wednesday). Police and volunteers from WightSAR - the Island’s volunteer search and rescue team - are battling the wet, dark conditions in...

Multiple fire crews, ambulances and Police have responded to a property in Newport this evening (Wednesday) amid fears of a gas explosion. At just before 18:45, emergency services were alerted to a potential incident on Red Fox Square at St...

A person spotted floating in the sea off Ryde has been hauled aboard a lifeboat and rushed ashore this evening (Wednesday). HM Coastguard, Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently on scene at Ryde Rescue’s base at...

Wightlink and Red Funnel are both experiencing delays and cancellations on their ferry services to and from the Isle of Wight this evening (Wednesday). On Wightlink’s Fishbourne-Portsmouth route, an issue with the linkspan is resulting in 45 minute delays for...

The discovery of a dead dolphin on the beach at St Helens led to a call out for HM Coastguard on Tuesday afternoon. It had been reported by a member of the public that the dolphin had washed ashore on...

Emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic collision on The Downs between Knighton and Downend this afternoon (Tuesday). The incident occurred at around 15:45 at the junction with Newport Shute and has involved a coach and a Peugeot...