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Yarmouth RNLI was tasked to assist a 24ft yacht that had run aground off Colwell Bay at lunchtime today (Sunday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the All Weather Lifeboat at 12:22 and it wasn’t long until the volunteer crew...

Hampshire Constabulary requested the assistance of the Ministry of Defence Police overnight in arresting a man on board a boat who was wanted on suspicion of sexual assault. Last night Police received reports that a woman had been sexually assaulted...

Concerns for the welfare of a high risk missing person led to a search being launched in Shanklin during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). Police received information late last night about a missing girl. A search was soon...

There is disruption to Island Line trains this morning (Sunday) due to a points failure at Sandown. Trains have been suspended between Brading and Shanklin as a result of the issue, but are understood to still be running between Ryde...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed on the beach in Bembridge tonight (Saturday) where medics are tending to an injured holidaymaker who has fallen from the sea wall. Paramedics and an operational commander from the Isle...

A trespasser on the railway has forced the suspension of all Island Line services between Ryde and Shanklin this evening (Friday). An individual located on the lines means trains are unable to operate. 1 train has come to a halt...

At least 2 people have been injured as a result of a van mounting the pavement, ploughing into a bus and then crashing into 2 other vehicles on the main road at Wootton this afternoon (Friday). Emergency services are on...

The A3054 Main Road through Shalfleet has been closed tonight (Thursday) following a head-on collision.  Island Echo has been told that the main road is currently blocked in both directions as a result of the crash, which has occurred close...

Former Isle of Wight man Robert Howart Duncan, who sexually abused 2 children, has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars. Duncan, of Chapel Walk in Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex but previously of Gurnard, near Cowes, first appeared at the...

A car has ploughed into 2 brand new vehicles - 1 parked on a garage forecourt - at Hale Common near Arreton this afternoon (Thursday). Police are in attendance on the main Newport and Sandown Road, where a Ford KA...