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The crew of the Red Funnel ferry have rescued at least 2 people from the sea at the entrance to Southampton Water this morning (Saturday). Those on board the car ferry, which was heading to East Cowes after leaving Southampton...

35-year-old John David Saunders has been charged with production of a Class B controlled drug after Police discovered a number of plants at an address in Ryde yesterday morning (Friday). Officers discovered cannabis plants growing in a room in Wood...

Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to meet a yacht after it declared 'mayday' earlier on this evening (Friday).  Southampton Patrol Boat Pathfinder initially attended the vessel in distress after hearing the mayday call at around 17:00. It is said...

The Broadway Park Hotel in Sandown has ceased trading with immediate effect this evening (Friday) following the collapse of Specialist Leisure Group. Around 2,500 jobs are set to be lost across the country as SLG and its subsidiaries, which includes...

4 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed on the Isle of Wight in the past 24 hours, the latest data from Public Health England reveals. The total number of COVID-19 cases identified locally now sits at 185 as of today...

Police have confirmed that a man who collapsed on the beach at Shanklin on Monday has died. As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed to Small Hope Beach on Monday afternoon when reports were received that a male...

 35 Islanders have now sadly died with COVID-19 at St Mary’s Hospital, according to the latest figures released by NHS England this afternoon (Friday). The first coronavirus death on the Isle of Wight was recorded on 22nd March and within 2 weeks...

A Suzuki Jimny has overturned and come to a rest on its side just outside the village of Niton this lunchtime (Friday). Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were alerted to the crash on Newport Road, near to...

Emergency services are attending a 2-car road traffic collision on Whitehouse Road near Porchfield this lunchtime (Friday). The incident has occurred at the junction with Coleman's Lane. Debris is said to be scattered across the carriageway as a result of...

The search for a missing pensioner in his 70s is continuing in the West Wight this morning (Friday). As first reported by Island Echo, a large scale search operation was launched at around 20:00 last night when a Skoda Fabia...