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The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a field fire on the outskirts of Newport this afternoon (Monday). 2 appliances from Newport, a 4x4 from Ryde and a water carrier from Freshwater have been called to the...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating the circumstances surrounding the unexplained death of a 19-year-old man at an address in Shanklin yesterday (Saturday).  Officers were called to Heathfield House on Pomona Road in the town at just before...

The scene of the crash on Briddlesford Road at the junction with Blacklands Lane Over £3,500 has been raised so far to help support the family of an Isle of Wight mother who has been left fighting for her life...

Photo: @VentnorCRT Coastguard Rescue Teams and both RNLI and Independent lifeboats stationed around the coast of the Isle of Wight were in action yesterday (Saturday) for Round the Island Race 2019. Bembridge RNLI’s All-Weather Lifeboat launched at 11:00 to be...

A local woman has been left with a life-threatening brain injury and is in a critical condition in Southampton General Hospital tonight (Friday) following yesterday's horror crash on Briddlesford Road near Wootton. Police on the Isle of Wight are still...

Emergency services are battling to save the life of an individual after they were pulled from the water at Yaverland a short time ago. Dozens of emergency crews including 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams, Sandown & Shanklin Lifeboat, paramedics from the...

A section of Pyle Street in Newport has been cordoned off this afternoon (Friday) due to an ongoing emergency incident.  Police, fire and ambulance crews are on scene behind the Co-Operative store. It’s understood that emergency services are assisting a...

The body of a young woman has been discovered in the search for missing 22-year-old Rosie Johnson, Police have confirmed. Miss Johnson, from Glasgow, went missing from PGL Little Canada in Wootton on Sunday night prompting a major search to...

Hampshire Constabulary is appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision that occurred on Briddlesford Road, near Newport this evening (Thursday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Briddlesford Road with the junction of Blacklands Lane...

Southern Water says they are continuing to work to restore water supply to homes and businesses in the Newport area, some of whom have been without water for around 24 hours. Earlier this morning the Isle of Wight Fire and...