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Coastguard Rescue Officers have been joined by paramedics in caring for a casualty found on the roadside in Shanklin tonight (Monday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team was en-route to another emergency at Shanklin Seafront when  officers came across an individual in...

The driver of a Renault Clio is receiving medical treatment after rolling the hatchback into a field on Brading Downs tonight (Monday). Police and paramedics were called to Brading Downs Road at around 21:00 following reports that a car had...

Paramedics are tending to a man who has been struck by a van in Ryde this evening (Monday). The incident happened at the junction of High Street and St John’s Road at just before 18:00. Island Echo understands the Mercedes...

Island Roads are currently out gritting the roads across the Island this afternoon (Monday). A secondary topping-up will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at 04:00. Gritters have been out and about on the Island since 16th January with approximately 324 tonnes...

A cordon has been erected on a pocket of land off Newport Road in Upper Ventnor this afternoon (Monday). Police are currently present at Old Shute, which has been taped off as a result of an unknown incident. Access to...

A road traffic collision involving a car and a van has forced Police to close Briddlesford Road in both directions this afternoon (Monday). The incident has occurred near to the farm with the road currently closed between Blacklands Lane and...

Firefighters have been working alongside colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service to safely remove an injured person from a property after they fell from a loft earlier this afternoon (Monday). Paramedics were called to Bettesworth Road in Haylands,...

A swan has become stranded on the frozen Ryde Canoe Lake this morning (Monday) with a brave member of the public donning his waders and attempting to rescue the stricken animal aboard a kayak. Freezing temperatures have frozen a large...

A search is underway for a father and son who have gone missing on their fishing boat in the East Wight this morning (Sunday), with the RNLI lifeboat from Bembridge, as well as Bembridge and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Teams drafted...

A motorhome was destroyed by a fire in East Cowes overnight (Sunday), the latest in a spate of vehicle fires in the area, leaving many local residents wondering whether an arsonist is at large. Fire crews from Newport and Ryde...