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A flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast has been issued by the Environment Agency, but the alert lacks any detail due to strike action by staff. Islanders are being urged to monitor local water levels and weather conditions...

Police, fire and ambulance crews are in attendance at a road traffic collision in Nettlestone this afternoon (Thursday). The incident occurred shortly before 15:30 and has seen a grey Skoda Yeti collide with a white MG on Nettlestone Green outside...

Police are appealing for information to help locate 55-year-old Michael Bond from Shanklin, who hasn’t been seen in several days. Michael was reported missing on Monday after a neighbour became worried about his whereabouts. Since then, officers have been conducting...

Emergency services have been called to a crash involving at least 2 vehicles on Staplers Road between Newport and Wootton this evening (Wednesday). The crash has occurred near to Butterfly World, where Staplers Road becomes Whiterails Road. Hampshire & Isle...

2 men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary following an incident in Sandown overnight. At just gone midnight this morning (Wednesday), Police received reports of 2 men attempting to gain entry to an address on Avenue Road. Now,...

Police are exploring whether or not 3 fires in East Cowes are linked as they launch an investigation into the latest suspected arson attack in the town. As first reported by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and...

A van has been destroyed and another badly damaged in a suspected arson attack in East Cowes this evening (Tuesday) - just metres away from where an almost identical incident happened earlier this month. Firefighters from Newport and Ryde are...

The body of a man has been found inside a car near to Parkhurst Forest, Police have confirmed. Officers were deployed to Mark’s Corner, situated off Noke Common between Newport and Cowes, at 14:15 yesterday afternoon (Monday). Concerns had been...

Island Line services the rest of today (Tuesday) have been cancelled as a result of signalling issues. As a result, no services will run between Shanklin and Ryde until tomorrow at the earliest. The disruption will cause problems for those...

Wightlink is advising of delays of up to an hour on its Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry service today (Tuesday) due to staff shortages. It's said that due to the absence of an essential member of the crew, customers may experience delays...