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Strong winds on the Solent have forced the cancellation of 6 Red Jet crossings this afternoon (Tuesday). The 15:35, 16:45 and 17:55 from Southampton and the 16:10, 17:20 and 18:30 from Cowes have been cancelled due to strong winds in...

Cross-Solent travel operator Hovertravel has suspended service this morning (Tuesday) due to adverse weather. Windy and wet conditions have forced the cancellation which is expected to be in force until at least 13:00. An update will be given by Hovertravel...

Weeks of heavy rainfall across the Isle of Wight has led to a number of landslips around the Island's coastline, including significant movement at Luccombe and Atherfield. As previously reported by Island Echo, there has been significant movement at Atherfield...

The driver of a Land Rover has tragically died following a medical episode at the wheel whilst travelling between Bembridge and St Helens earlier today (Monday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police and paramedics were called to Embankment Road...

The main road connecting the villages of St Helens and Bembridge has re-opened following an earlier crash, in which a vehicle ploughed into a fence. Police and paramedics were called to Embankment Road at lunchtime today (Bank Holiday Monday) following...

Hundreds of households in the Shanklin area are without power this morning (Monday) following an overnight outage, which is affecting more than 50 postcode areas.  Supplies were lost in the PO37 and PO38 region at around 04:35, which has left...

Fire crews and Police are in attendance on Dudley Road in Ventnor this evening (Sunday) at a reported gas leak. Appliances from Ventnor, Shanklin and Sandown were mobilised to the scene on the residential road at around 18:50 and were...

Just 9 hours into 2023, Cowes RNLI's inshore lifeboat was launched this morning (Sunday) to assist an injured casualty in Gurnard. The lifeboats operations manager is currently acting as the Duty Launch Authority this week and was walking his dog...

It's the end of another year and what a busy one it has been! We've covered a whole host of stories, publishing just shy of 6,000 articles this year alone... To test your knowledge of Isle of Wight news, we've...

Martin Rayner, Jon Gilbey and Pete Jardine have been recognised for their contribution to Island life in The King's New Year Honours list, it has been announced tonight (Friday). For services to Safety at Sea, Martin Frank Sydney Rayner has...