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Red Funnel has been forced to suspend its hi-speed service between West Cowes and Southampton as both Red Jet 6 and Red Jet 7 have been hit by technical issues. As previously reported by Island Echo, Red Jet 7 has...

A night of torrential rain and gusty winds has seen trees brought down, sea defences damaged and 2 flood alerts issued for the Isle of Wight. Heavy downpours throughout yesterday evening and overnight into this morning (Thursday) led to the flooding...

Red Funnel has been forced to cancel yet more of its hi-speed Red Jet sailings this rush hour due to further technical issues with Red Jet 7. The vessel only re-entered full service this morning after an issue was found...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts were called to Totland this morning (Wednesday) following the discovery of a smoke grenade on the beach. Police were alerted to the situation at just gone 17:30 yesterday evening when a member of the public...

Torrential downpours are expected to hit the Isle of Wight this evening and overnight into Thursday morning, with a yellow weather warning issued by IW Met Service. Forecasters say a large area of rain will spread across the Island from...

Hovertravel has been forced to suspend its cross-Solent service this morning (Wednesday) due to the adverse weather conditions. Strong winds on the Solent mean that the hovers are unable to operate between Ryde and Southsea. It's been confirmed that Hovertravel...

Red Funnel has announced that 6 key crossings on its hi-speed Red Jet service have been cancelled tomorrow morning (Wednesday). The 06:15, 07:35 and 08:55 sailings from Southampton have been scrapped alongside the 06:55, 08:15 and 09:35 from West Cowes...

A kitchen fire at a rural property near Shorwell prompted an emergency response from Newport and Shanklin firefighters this evening (Tuesday). 2 appliances were mobilised to Kingston Road - which runs between Shorwell and Chale - at 17:47 However, the...

There have been no cats up trees for the firefighters of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service today, but they have rescued a man trapped on his Juliet balcony. 1 appliance from Ryde was mobilised to Solent...

Engineers are said to be working on the issue which has left passengers unable to disembark. Passengers aboard Wightlink's St Faith car ferry are currently unable to disembark in Portsmouth following a mechanical failure of the port's linkspan. Island Echo...