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Solent Coastguard have issued an appeal for information after a boat was found around 25 miles off the coast of the Isle of Wight this morning (Saturday). The small dinghy was located by a vessel around 25 miles south west...

A woman struggling with breathing difficulties aboard a motor launch on the River Medina led to HM Coastguard, Cowes RNLI and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service responding to her aid late last night (Friday).   At around 23:30 Solent Coastguard were alerted to...

A planning application has been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council to build a state of the art indoor sports and education centre in Ryde offering ice skating, tennis courts, a climbing wall and much more. The Smallbrook Ice...

Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat launched to investigate a distress alert from a yacht off Bembridge this afternoon (Friday). RNLB Norman Harvey was launched at around 14:35 at the request of Solent Coastguard to investigate a DSC Distress alert that had...

Reports of animal cruelty taking place in a popular park in East Cowes turned out to be a false alarm, Police have confirmed this evening (Friday). 5 Police units rushed to Vectis Playing Fields off Victoria Grove at 16:56 after...

Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance at a road traffic collision between a pedestrian and a van in East Cowes this afternoon (Friday). A child has been hit by a moving vehicle on Beatrice Avenue,...

Fire crews from Ryde and Newport have responded to reports of a burning smell coming from a kitchen appliance at a property in Wootton this lunchtime (Friday). 2 appliances were mobilised to Church Road at around 11:50 after a homeowner...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called out to rescue a man from the roof of a building in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Friday). 2 fire appliances and an aerial ladder platform were...

Firefighters are tackling a car fire at Downend near Arreton this evening (Thursday). 1 appliance from Newport is on scene having been mobilised by control shortly before 17:55. Traffic is building in the area. UPDATE @ 18:28 - Investigations by...

A 35-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in Ventnor on Tuesday evening has been bailed by Police. As previously reported by Island Echo, officers cordoned off a section of St Catherine's Church graveyard on Tuesday...