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The Isle of Wight will host the final stage of the Tour of Britain cycle race in 2022 it has been announced, with the Isle of Wight Council set to enter into a formal agreement with organisers today (Saturday). International...

Police are responding to reports of an illegal large gathering of youths in the Shanklin area this evening (Friday). Officers say they are aware of the situation and have reiterated that such a gathering is against the public health restrictions...

Cowes RNLI went to the aid of a small RIB with engine failure off Cowes this afternoon (Friday).  At 16:35, Solent Coastguard requested Cowes' inshore lifeboat launched to assist a 4m rib with engine failure that was drifting rapidly east...

The total number of people on the Isle of Wight who have tested positive for COVID-19 now sits at 421, according to the latest Government figures released today (Thursday). Up until today, the Government has kept a second 'pillar' of...

25-year-old Josh Van Praagh from the Isle of Wight has been sentenced to 3 years in prison in France for his part in a migrant smuggling operation. As first reported by Island Echo on Monday, the South East Regional Organised...

A 62-year-old motorcyclist has been killed and a pillion passenger has been left fighting for their life following a crash on the outskirts of Niton and Whitwell last night (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to the T-junction of Southford Lane...

2 air ambulances, police and paramedics are attending a serious road traffic collision near Whitwell tonight (Wednesday). The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance are both in attendance at the junction of...

Police and paramedics are attending a road traffic collision on Appleford Road on the outskirts of Chale this afternoon (Wednesday). The incident has taken place on the main road between the villages of Chale and Rookley, between the junction of...

Yarmouth RNLI are assisting a vessel which has gone aground at the narrowest point of the Solent this afternoon (Wednesday). The All Weather Lifeboat was tasked by Solent Coastguard at around 13:30 when the yacht 'High Jinks' reported being in...

The occupants of 2 vehicles have walked away without injury following a minor road traffic collision in Carisbrooke this lunchtime. Police were called to the incident at the roundabout at the bottom of Wellington Road, at the junction with Carisbrooke...