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A car has crashed head-on into a traffic island between Fishbourne and Wootton this afternoon (Monday). The Kia Rio has smashed into the street furniture at Kite Hill, on the main road between Ryde and Newport. Police and paramedics are...

A body has been discovered in the Solent just off the coast of the Isle of Wight. The authorities were alerted to the sighting of an object in the water at around 10:50 this morning prompting the launch of Gosport...

A 42-year-old man spotted with a knife in a supermarket in East Cowes was arrested by Police last night (Sunday). Officers rushed to the scene at the Co-Operative store on York Avenue at 21:28 following reports of a male armed...

Emergency services - including an air ambulance - have been called to an incident at Compton Bay in the West Wight tonight (Sunday).  Multiple police units and ambulance crews responded to the area at around 23:15, closely followed by HM...

Reports of a vessel on fire and 3 people in the water close to Ryde Pier led to a multi-agency emergency response this evening (Sunday).  Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter, Ryde Rescue Lifeboat and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams were mobilised to...

Super smashing great! A staggering 36.1c was recorded on the Isle of Wight today (Sunday) - breaking yesterday’s record of 35.4c. If you’ve been thinking that it was hotter today than the past 48 hours then you’d be right with...

Residents in East Cowes have assisted in preventing a hedge fire from spreading to a number of nearby cars this afternoon (Sunday).  1 fire appliance from Newport was mobilised to the scene earlier on today when it was reported that...

35.4c was recorded in Ryde today making the town the hottest place on the Isle of Wight - with Saturday 8th August 2020 possibly the hottest day on the Island ever. A weather station near Westridge recorded the scorching temperature...

Island Line has been brought to a halt with all trains between Ryde and Shanklin suspended this afternoon (Saturday). South Western Railway say that due to an electricity supply problem, train services on the Island are currently suspended. 2 fire...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will remain out of service for the whole of August, with no date set for it’s return - which could be months. Island Echo is told that the troubled Floating Bridge No.6 could be out of...