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Passengers aboard Red Funnel's Hi-Speed service between West Cowes and Southampton have reportedly been escorted back to Southampton by tug following an engine malfunction. Island Echo was first informed of issues involving the vessel at just after 13:00 with passengers...

A 4x4 stuck on the beach at Bembridge had to be pulled clear by a tractor earlier this evening (Monday). With the tide flooding, efforts got underway at around 17:30 to pull the Mercedes off the sands near the entrance...

Firefighters from Ryde and Shanklin have been involved in assisting colleagues from the ambulance service in removing a seriously ill patient from a property in Shanklin this morning (Monday). 2 pumping appliances and an Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP) from Hampshire...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a fire at a care home in Ventnor this morning (Saturday). Appliances from Newport, Shanklin and Ryde are all on scene at Alpine Road, where smoke has filled the...

A driver has been conveyed to hospital after crashing his car down a narrow country lane near Rookley, writing the vehicle off. The incident has occurred on Chequers Inn Road between Bleak Down and Bohemia Corner. It’s understood the vehicle...

Firefighters are tending to the occupant of a property in Ryde as a result of a washing machine fire. 1 appliance from Ryde is in attendance on the High Street having been mobilised at 18:23. Island Echo is told that...

AA woman who is suspected to have been murdered after being taken ill at her home in Yarmouth has been named by Police as 70-year-old Pia Massey. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to the High Street,...

Fire crews are battling an outbuilding fire that has broke out in East Cowes this afternoon (Friday). 2 appliances from East Cowes and Newport have been mobilised to the Pump House Lane area of the town after flames erupted from...

A casualty has been pulled from the water following an emergency incident in Ventnor this afternoon (Friday). HM Coastguard tasked Ventnor and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Teams to an area of shoreline in the vicinity of La Falais car park on...

A registered sex offender has been jailed after breaching the conditions of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). As part of the SHPO, Martin Phillip Simms, aged 42, of Park Mews in Sandown - who moved to the Island to...