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The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service is tending to 2 motorcyclists who have collided on Military Road at Compton this lunchtime (Bank Holiday Monday). Island Echo is told that the 2 bikes have collided at the entrance to Hanover Car...

Emergency services are attending a serious incident involving chemicals at the base of St Boniface Down in Ventnor this morning (Bank Holiday Monday). A number of resources from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and the Isle...

2 Island football clubs have been targeted by thieves over the weekend with a break in and attempted break in at grounds in Wroxall and Rookley. Thieves cut their way through metal bars at Wroxall Football Club to take a strimmer and...

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat launched to assist a waterlogged RIB in Priory Bay this afternoon (Sunday). Solent Coastguard requested volunteers to launch the lifeboat following reports that a 7.8m Scorpion RIB - with 3 persons on board - had...

A group of paddle boarders - including a 7-year-old child and 3 teenagers - are being rescued this afternoon (Sunday) after getting stuck near Freshwater Bay. The incident began shortly before 14:00 when Solent Coastguard were alerted to the plight...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed high upon Chillerton Down this afternoon (Sunday) to provide emergency medical assistance to an injured paraglider. Flying doctors touched down on the downland shortly before 15:45, providing assistance to local...

Photo: IOWight Police The discovery of a 20mm round from an World War II fighter plane prompted a call out for the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team today (Sunday). Police were alerted to the discovery in Seaview near Ryde when...

2 children with head injuries have been transferred ashore for medical treatment thanks to the efforts of HMS Ranger and Yarmouth RNLI, with support from HM Coastguard and a local co-responder. The situation began at around 10:30 this morning when a...

A motorcyclist is being treated by paramedics for an arm injury following a head-on collision with a car in Ashey on the southern outskirts of Ryde this evening (Saturday). The incident involving a Kawasaki ZX600 and a red Skoda Fabia has occurred...

Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision involving a motorcyclist on The Mall in Carisbrooke this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has occurred between the junction of West Street/Drill Hall Road and Trafalgar Road/Castle Street. Island Echo understands the...