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Wightlink are advising of 90 minute delays this Friday evening due to a mechanical issue. Customers travelling from both sides of the Solent have been facing delays over the past 2 hours or so, with traffic backing up at the...

Emergency services have been called to the West Wight this afternoon (Friday) where an individual requires medical assistance.  Solent Coastguard tasked Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and the Needles Coastguard Rescue Team to a casualty on Tennyson Down, near to the...

Police are appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road near Newport last night (Thursday) in which a 19-year-old man remains in hospital.  As previously reported by Island Echo, a blue Citroen C1 left the carriageway...

The body of a 44-year-old man has been recovered from the base of a cliff near Atherfield, Police have confirmed. As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services responded to Whale Chine off Military Road at around 10:30 this morning....

A large scale rescue operation is underway at Whale Chine off Military Road this morning (Friday) involving 2 helicopters and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed on the cliff top to assist...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed at a road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road near Havenstreet tonight (Thursday).  A single vehicle has left the road and come to rest upside down in a field having careered...

A motor boat skipper misjudged an afternoon out on the Solent and ended up high and dry on the rocks at Thorness Bay. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to the northern shore near...

A small boat has been smashed to pieces by the power of the sea in one of the hardest-to-reach areas of the Isle of Wight. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were mobilised at 11:36 this morning (Thursday) following reports received by...

Firefighters from Sandown and Shanklin responded to a fire on the marshes at Sandown earlier this evening (Thursday). 2 appliances turned out at 18:23 following reports of a bird viewing platform alight near Copse End, close to Morton Common. Beaters...

Police have carried out what is understood to be the execution of a search warrant at an address in Newport this evening (Thursday). 7 vehicles, including the Armed Response Vehicle and a Dog Unit, are currently in attendance on School...