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An electrical fire has broken out in Rookley this afternoon (Monday) with sparks flying from a pole at the side of the road. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is on scene at Main Road, near the...

Island Line services have been suspended this afternoon (Monday) due to a fire on the train track. South Western Railway is advising that services between Ryde St Johns and Shanklin have been halted by the incident, which Island Echo understands...

Island Line is back in operation after nearly 10 months of improvement works, with the first fare-paying passengers travelling on the brand new Class 484 trains this morning (Monday). Carriages 001 and 004 were used as a 4-car train for the...

Red Funnel has had to cancel a number of crucial commuter crossings on its Red Jet service between West Cowes-Southampton this morning (Monday). An essential crew member has become unavailable at the last minute, which means that a total of...

A search for a high risk missing person has been launched in the West Wight this afternoon (Sunday), with the National Police Air Service helicopter scrambled to assist. Police have descended on the area of Tennyson Down near Freshwater in...

Fire crews from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a small flat fire in Sandown this morning (Sunday). 3 appliances from Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde are on scene at Carter Street, where light smoke can...

Adverse weather conditions across the Isle of Wight are causing hazardous driving conditions this morning (Sunday), with some cross-Solent disruption also being experienced. Torrential downpours overnight and into this morning have led to roads becoming flooded, particularly prone locations such...

The chimney at Fawley Power Station - often described as looking like a giant cigarette - has been demolished by means of a controlled explosion this morning (Sunday). At 07:00 on the dot, the 650ft chimney crashed to the ground...

Police are making enquiries to identify and locate the driver of a car that crashed into a wall in Ryde late last night (Friday). Officers were called at 23:25 yesterday to a report of a single vehicle collision on Ashey...

A yellow weather warning for both heavy rain and strong winds has been issued for the Isle of Wight on Sunday (Halloween). Local forecasters IW Met Service say that adverse weather conditions will be evident on Sunday, between 06:00 and...