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The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been mobilised to a large caravan fire in Lake this evening (Friday). Firefighters were called to the scene near to Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club at around 19:45 as black smoke...

Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat launched into torrential rain and choppy seas last night (Thursday) to provide assistance to 2 sailors off Seaview. Reports had been received by Solent Coastguard that 2 crew members on a 20 ft day sailing boat...

Photo: @FreshwaterFire Police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a crash on Middle Road near Calbourne this evening (Thursday). The incident, which involved a single, has occurred on the Freshwater side of the junction with Calbourne Mill. The road is...

2 teenagers cut off by the tide at Luccombe have been rescued by Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat this evening (Thursday).  The boy and girl found themselves stuck against the cliff face between Shanklin and Ventnor shortly before 18:00. The...

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...