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A second weather warning for the Isle of Wight has been issued by local forecasters IW Met Service - this time for heavy rain. Overnight tonight (Thursday) an area of heavy showery rain will push in from the southwest. Some...

Photo: @FreashwaterFire A kite surfer in his 50s has tragically died after smashing into a cliff at Compton yesterday evening (Wednesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, multiple emergency resources were mobilised to the scene off Military Road at around...

A yellow weather warning for very strong winds across the Isle of Wight has been issued by the IW Met Service. Islanders are being warned that adverse weather is expected to hit over the next couple of days, with the...

Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter has landed on the green beside Bembridge RNLI lifeboat station this evening (Wednesday) to airlift an injured sailor to hospital. The incident began around 17:15 when a Mayday call was issued by a 22m sailing yacht...

Emergency Services have been called to a road traffic collision in Carisbrooke this evening (Wednesday).  The incident, which has occurred on Whitcombe Road at the viewpoint car park opposite Nunnery Lane, is partially blocking the road. It is understood that...

Photo: @FreashwaterFire Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have been scrambled alongside local Coastguard officers and Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat to an injured individual at Compton this evening (Wednesday). The red and white helicopter...

Red Funnel has announced some last-minute cancellations on their car ferry services this afternoon (Wednesday). 4 sailings have been cancelled today. From Southampton: 15:00 - Cancelled 18:00 - Cancelled From Cowes: 16:30 - Cancelled 19:30 - Cancelled Red Funnel has...

Emergency Services have been called to a minor road traffic collision in Ryde this lunchtime (Wednesday). Police and firefighters are on scene at Queens Road following a rear-end shunt involving a lorry and 2 cars - a Jaguar and a...

A 15-year-old boy has been flown to a mainland hospital after being seriously injured on a residential street in Cowes last night (Tuesday). The teenager is understood to have received head injuries as a result of being assaulted ‘with a...

Police have cordoned off a residential street in Cowes tonight (Tuesday) as investigations get underway into what is understood to be a serious assault. Officers were called to Arctic Road near the junction with South Road sometime after 21:00 following...