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Police are investigating the theft of a safe from a funeral home in Newport over the weekend. Investigations are taking place at the Co-Operative Funeral Service on St James' Street this morning (Monday). Hampshire Constabulary say that a safe has...

Firefighters from Newport and Ryde are responding to assist a horse that is stuck on a stable floor this lunchtime (Monday). 1 appliance from Newport, the animal rescue unit from Newport and a Land Rover 4x4 from Ryde have been...

HM Coastguard has responded to reports of a dolphin washed ashore on the beach at Shanklin this morning (Monday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to Shanklin Esplanade at 10:04. Coastguard officers have since located the deceased mammal, completed paperwork...

A flood warning is in place for the Langbridge and Alverstone areas today (Monday), with a flood alert also in force for the Eastern Yar. The Environment Agency says that water levels in the Eastern Yar remain high but they...

A car has left the carriageway, crashed into a tree and careered down an embankment near to the Canoe Lake in Ryde tonight (Sunday). Multiple police units have been called to the scene alongside 2 ambulances and a duty officer...

Homes in and around central parts of the Island are experiencing a large power cut this afternoon (Saturday). 110 known postcode areas have been affected by the outage which includes areas in and around Newport, Wootton Bridge, Carisbrooke, Shorwell, Limestone,...

4 fire appliances and the Incident Command Unit have been mobilised to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport this morning (Saturday).  The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Parkhurst Road at around 09:00. Island Echo is told...

Red Funnel’s hi-speed Red Jet service has been suspended for the second time today (Friday) as Red Jet 4 has now broken down. The service between West Cowes and Southampton was brought to a halt this morning when Red Jet...

Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat launched to locate an upturned dinghy reported to be off the coast of Ryde this morning (Friday). 'Norman Harvey' hit the water at around 08:11 following a request from Solent Coastguard to investigate the report of...

A luxury sports car left the road, collided with a lamp post and came to a stop on a grass bank in Lake this morning (Friday). The incident happened at around 07:30 on Newport Road, just off the Merrie Gardens...