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Appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been mobilised to reports of a fire within a flat in Ryde this evening (Friday).  Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Sandown are in attendance at an address...

Police have closed a busy road between Downend and Arreton this afternoon (Friday). The incident occurred at around 12:30 at the Arreton junction and has seen 2 cars, a red Mazda and a red Ford, crash. Downend Road has been...

Another cold night across the Isle of Wight saw the mercury drop to a staggering -7.3c last night (Thursday), according to local weather forecaster IW Met Service. The ridiculously cold reading was captured over in the West Wight at Newbridge,...

Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are tending to a motorcyclist who has been injured in a collision with a car in Niton this morning (Friday). The incident, which has seen a Mini One collide with a scooter,...

2 cars have left the road - 1 coming to rest on its side - on Brading Downs Road this morning (Friday). Icy conditions overnight are thought to be behind the incident, which has occurred at the highest point of...

A number of early morning commuter sailings on Red Funnel’s hi-speed Red Jet service have been cancelled due to a technical issue. The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that the 05:30 and 06:40 crossings from Southampton have been cancelled alongside the...

As the cold weather continues to bite across the Isle of Wight this week, gritters are set to continue in their deployment of salt across the Island's road network this afternoon (Thursday) and tomorrow morning (Friday). With low temperatures set...

Temperatures plummeted to -5.8c on the Isle of Wight last night according to local weather experts IW Met Service, who warn that it could be even colder tonight (Thursday into Friday). The incredibly low reading was recorded near Bembridge Airport,...

46-year-old Nerijus Suminskas has been charged with attempted robbery after allegedly trying to steal a handbag from a woman in the car park of St Mary's Hospital yesterday morning (Wednesday). Police were called at 08:06 after a man had allegedly...

Disruptive works to repair a sewer pipe on Queens Road in Ryde will continue into 2023, with a full road closure expected in the New Year for a period of 3 months, Island Echo can reveal. It was back in...