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Gritters will be out and about across the Isle of Wight tonight (Friday) due to the forecast temperatures. It will be the first time this season that the fleet has been deployed to grit the road network. A weather advisory...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has touched down on the playing fields at Ryde School this morning (Friday). After circling around the landing site off Queens Road numerous times, the yellow and green helicopter touched down at...

Retained firefighters in East Cowes were called to man the town’s pump early this morning (Friday) when an alarm was activated at a nearby industrial site. 1 appliance was mobilised to the scene - thought to be GKN Aerospace -...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a chimney fire in Brading this evening (Thursday). 1 appliance from Ryde was mobilised to Station Road at around 17:00 when black smoke started billowing out of the chimney of...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a tumble dryer fire at a property in Winford this evening (Wednesday).  2 appliances from Sandown and Shanklin were called to an address on Forest Road at just before 19:30...

Firefighters from Shanklin and Ryde have been mobilised to a domestic property fire in Chale this afternoon (Wednesday). 2 appliances are currently en-route to Corve Lane, where smoke is reported to be filling the living room of a house. The...

Island Line services have been suspended this lunchtime (Wednesday) as a result of an electrical train fault. At around 11:45, a train entering Ryde Esplanade station ground to a halt on an incline between Ryde Tunnel and the station. A...

Wightlink's Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service was delayed this morning (Wednesday) when a man refused to disembark, prompting a response from Police. Officers were called to the Gunwharf terminal in Portsmouth at 03:06 following an incident onboard one of the cross-Solent...

The death of a 15-year-old boy at an address on Pan estate last night (Tuesday) is not being treated as suspicious. Paramedics were called to a residential address on Manor Crescent, off Furlongs, at around 21:00. A paramedic crew and...

A car has crashed into the rear of a bin lorry in Rookley this morning (Wednesday). The incident has occurred outside the entrance to Rookley Country Park. Island Echo is told that the car has sustained significant front damage but...