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Firefighters are working to rescue a cow that has become wedged between 2 rocks in Chale this morning (Saturday). Crews from Newport, Ryde and Ventnor are in attendance at a farm on Upper House Lane off of Church Place. 2...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Saturday). Police have closed Burnt House Lane - between Downend and Shide - as a result of the crash. The Isle of Wight Fire and...

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard were called out to Colwell Bay in the West Wight yesterday evening (Thursday) when a person fell off the sea wall. The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked at 19:18 to...

A spell of strong and gusty Southwesterly winds will develop during the early hours of Friday morning, forecasters have warned. IW Met Service says that gusts in excess of 50mph are likely fairly widely across the Island between 02:00 and...

Island Line trains will not operate between 4th January and 31st March 2021 to allow for engineering works ahead of the introduction of new trains on the network, it has been announced. South Western Railway has confirmed that for almost...

2 cars and a van have been involved in a minor road traffic collision in the West Wight this morning (Thursday). The incident has occurred on Middle Road to the west of Tapnell village on the westbound carriageway. Island Echo...

Residents in the Parkhurst area of Newport are without water this morning (Thursday) due to a burst main nearby. Water is gushing out of the failed pipe at the bottom of Horsebridge Hill on the main Newport to Cowes road....

A woman has been rescued from the water at Wightlink’s Fishbourne ferry terminal this evening (Wednesday). The Portsmouth-Fishbourne service is delayed as a result of the emergency, which has involved Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor, Police and the...

The RSPCA has officially dropped their prosecution of a Cowes woman more than a year after 65 chihuahua dogs were seized by Police, with COVID-19 being blamed for the decision. Local residents stopped a van in its tracks on Fellows...

Police have launched a search for a missing person in Ryde this evening (Wednesday), with HM Coastguard and WightSAR called in to assist. Coastguard Rescue Officers from Bembridge and Ventnor are currently on scene at Appley, where Police have given...