Breaking News

Firefighters from Newport and Ryde have responded to reports of the smell of burning at a residential care home in Blackwater this afternoon (Saturday). 3 pumping appliances and an aerial ladder platform are currently on scene off Blackwater Hollow having...

2 vehicles have been involved in a road traffic collision on the junction of Mill Hill Road and Belle Vue Road in Cowes tonight (Friday), which has resulted in serious damage to a Renault Clio. Emergency services are currently on...

Dozens of contract workers at GKN Aerospace in East Cowes have been let go as a result of the ongoing issues with the Boeing 737 MAX, which has led to a reduction in production.  Island Echo understands that 37 members...

A teenage girl who was tragically killed in a road traffic collision near Arreton earlier this month has been named as 19-year-old Michaela Logan from Carisbrooke Road, Newport. As previously reported by Island Echo, Michaela was driving along the main...

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have entered a property and removed an overheated saucepan from the stove in Freshwater this afternoon (Tuesday).  1 appliance was mobilised to an address at The Sheilings at just before 16:40. Island Echo is told that...

Forecasters are predicting that another blanket of fog will move in across the Isle of Wight overnight and into Wednesday morning, resulting in a yellow weather warning being issued. IW Met Service says that fog will develop again after sunset,...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence after a 42-year-old man died whilst assisting with tree surgery work in Niton yesterday (Monday). Emergency services were called to Castlehaven Lane in the Undercliff area of Niton...

Homes and businesses in Bembridge have been evacuated as a result of an electricity pole exploding outside the village butchers. A section of Bembridge High Street has been closed this morning (Tuesday) due to the dramatic incident, which unfolded at...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been taken offline after suffering a mechanical breakdown during a shout on the Island this afternoon (Monday).  Specialist doctors were called to a trauma incident at Niton Undercliff at just before...

A yellow weather warning for fog has been issued for the Isle of Wight by local forecasters IW Met Service. Localised fog patches will develop throughout the night with the risk of more extensive fog developing towards dawn. Visibility will...