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Photos by Jason Clarke/RNLI Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were sent alongside Bembridge RNLI to St Helens following reports of a vessel in possible distress this afternoon (Thursday). Bembridge RNLI launched its All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) at 16:40 to assist a...

An ambulance has been involved in a road traffic collision with a car in the centre of Newport this afternoon (Thursday). It is understood that the ambulance was responding to St Mary’s Hospital at the time of the collision, which...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in the rural village of Brighstone in response to a medical emergency this afternoon (Thursday). Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service have been joined by the flying doctors...

A new case of coronavirus has been confirmed on the Isle of Wight, bringing the total number of cases to 430. According to the latest data from Public Health England, the most recent positive test was identified on Friday 21st...

A car has left the road and crashed into a bungalow in Shanklin this morning (Thursday). Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Ventnor are responding to the emergency alongside the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and police. At least 2...

Police have seized a distinctive Range Rover after its driver failed to stop for Police in Newport yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Officers attempted the pull the vehicle at around 15:00 but the driver thought otherwise. Islanders are now being asked to...

2 ambulance crews from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance at Ryde this evening (Wednesday) where 2 children have been rescued from the sea. Paramedics are checking over the youngsters and 2 members of the public who...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat has launched to save a number of individuals drifting out to sea on an inflatable off Shanklin this afternoon (Wednesday). The volunteer lifeboat crew have made best speed to the area having launched at around...

26-year-old Joseph Barrass from Newport has been charged with 5 motoring offences, including dangerous driving, following a pursuit in Shanklin yesterday (Tuesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were involved in the pursuit of a Ford Focus shortly before...

82mph winds were recorded at The Needles yesterday (Tuesday) as strong winds from Storm Francis battered the Isle of Wight. The National Coastwatch station at the most westerly point of the Island saw wind speeds hit 82.85mph - Storm 11...