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Wightlink has announced yet more cancellations on its Ryde Pier Head-Portsmouth Harbour catamaran service due to COVID-19 sickness, with 4 sailings affected this evening (Monday). The cross-Solent operator pulled a number of sailings on Friday morning as a result of a...

Reports of a man overboard from a commercial vessel located to the South of the Isle of Wight prompted the launch of Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat earlier this afternoon (Monday). The 'Alfred Albert Williams' launched at 13:06 at the...

A plane has crash landed at Sandown Airport this afternoon (Monday), prompting an emergency response from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Island Echo understands the twin-prop aircraft couldn’t lower its landing gear on approach, resulting in...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has airlifted a poorly patient from the West Wight to a specialist cardiac hospital in Portsmouth this lunchtime (Sunday). At just gone 10:35, the yellow and green helicopter landed in the Norton...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an incident on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Saturday).  Police were called at 08:35 to reports of an assault having taken place on Ashey Road....

Wightlink has confirmed further cancellations on its Fastcat service between Ryde Pier Head and Portsmouth, with 6 sailings cancelled this evening (Saturday). The cross-Solent operator pulled a number of sailings on Friday morning as a result of a staff member...

The driver of a Vauxhall Corsa is being sought by Police after making off from the scene of a crash in Sandown tonight (Friday). The collision, between the Corsa and a white MG3, occurred on The Broadway - on the...

The occupants of a Ford Fiesta have had a lucky escape after the vehicle rolled onto its roof and came to rest against a tree on Whitcombe Road this evening (Friday). Police and paramedics were called to the scene of...

Police were called to Shanklin earlier today (Friday) after a fight broke out between 2 men as a result of a dog being assaulted. Hampshire Constabulary has confirmed that officers were alerted to the incident at 10:52 this morning with...

A cyclist has been injured in a road traffic incident in Ryde this morning (Friday). Members of the public are tending to the injured rider, who has come off their bicycle on the roundabout at the junction of Marlborough Road...