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The troublesome Floating Bridge service between East Cowes and Cowes will be suspended later this morning (Monday) to enable urgent repair work, the Isle of Wight Council has confirmed. Floating Bridge No.6 will be out of action for 2-and-a-half hours...

The main road between Lake and Shanklin has been closed this lunchtime (Sunday) as emergency services tend to a member of the public who has collapsed. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are working alongside colleagues from Hampshire...

A young woman is now in the care of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service after being rescued from rough seas at Sandown seafront this morning (Sunday). Shortly before 09:00, emergency services were alerted to an individual in distress just...

The full extent of a devastating blaze that engulfed a garden shed before ripping through a family home in Alverstone Garden Village yesterday (Saturday) has been revealed. Firefighters were mobilised to Woodside Avenue at 16:25 when reports were received of...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has touched down in Freshwater this evening (Saturday) in response to a medical emergency. The helicopter and it’s flying doctors have landed at West Wight Sports and Community Centre in the last few...

Emergency services including police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance at a single vehicle collision on the outskirts of Newport this evening (Saturday). 3 police units are at the scene on St George’s Way, where a...

HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are working together to medivac an injured walker from the depths of Devil’s Chimney at Luccombe this afternoon (Saturday). As darkness falls, Coastguard teams from Ventnor and Bembridge are assessing and...

Fire crews are tackling a large property fire in Alverstone Garden Village this afternoon (Saturday).  4 appliances are on scene at Woodside Avenue, where it appears a fire to the rear of a dwelling has spread through the roof space....

Police are working alongside fire service colleagues to investigate the cause of a suspicious bungalow fire in Shanklin overnight - a property connected to well-known local criminal, Ben Entwistle. As first reported by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of Wight...

Police are in attendance on Racecourse Roundabout at Whippingham this morning (Saturday) where a BMW has crashed into a tree. It’s said that the driver of the BMW was cut up by another vehicle - a tipper truck - leaving...