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Wightlink has announced cancellations on its cross-Solent service between Yarmouth and Lymington affecting travellers this weekend. The ferry firm says that the cancellations are necessary due to the absence of an essential member of staff. The affected sailings are on...

A car has been completely destroyed by fire following an incident in Ryde which saw residents awoken from their beds during the early hours of this morning (Friday). Retained firefighters were mobilised to Harding Road in Oakfield at 03:13 following...

Residents in the Ryde, Binstead and Wootton areas have been forced to start collecting their own post from the sorting office as Royal Mail has failed to deliver, with some locals waiting over 2 weeks for their mail. Earlier this...

Cancellations on Red Funnel's hi-speed Red Jet service are set to continue into the weekend, it has been confirmed. Red Jet 7 needs to be dry docked in Hythe to allow further investigations to take place into the mechanical issue...

Extensive delays are being experienced by drivers on Newport's Fairlee Road following a collision between a motorcycle and a car this afternoon (Thursday). Several police units alongside 2 teams of paramedic colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are...

Delays are being experienced by motorists travelling between Newport and Yarmouth following a collision between a car and a tree this afternoon (Thursday). 2 fire appliances from Newport and East Cowes, alongside paramedic crews from the Isle of Wight Ambulance...

Police have seized a quantity of drugs following a dawn raid on a property in Newport. Officers executed a warrant at an address on Manor Crescent shortly before 07:45 this morning (Thursday). No arrests have been made, but it has...

The return of the Floating Bridge could be delayed once again - despite already being pushed back to November - after further issues were identified. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Cowes to East Cowes service has been out...

Photo: Freshwater Fire Firefighters from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tonight (Wednesday) tackled a fire at Freshwater's Skate park following what is being described as an arson attack.  Retained firefighters have declared the actions of...

A fire has been discovered at St Mary’s Hospital’s Sevenacres Mental Health Unit this evening (Wednesday), prompting a large scale response from the fire service. Several fire appliances, including the Aerial Ladder Platform from Newport, have responded to the scene...