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UPDATED: Red Funnel have been forced to suspended both their car ferry and hi-speed services tonight (Thursday). Low visibility on the Solent, and in particular Cowes Harbour, has resulted in the cancellation of East Cowes to Southampton vehicle ferry sailings...

UPDATED: Cineworld in Newport has been forced to cancel all screenings for tonight (Thursday). A notice at the entrance to the cinema complex at Coppins Bridge says that due to unforeseen circumstances, all planned film screenings have been scrubbed. Customers...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to the waste recovery park in Newport this evening (Thursday). 3 appliances from Newport and Cowes, plus the aerial ladder platform and Incident Command Unit from Newport are...

A number of small landslips over the past few days have resulted in the closure of the coastal path at Brighstone. The Isle of Wight Council have advised that the stretch of cliff running behind Brighstone Holiday Centre is no...

IW Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for fog across the Isle of Wight and the Solent area between 22:00 tonight (Thursday) and 13:00 tomorrow afternoon. Forecasters say that fog patches will develop overnight and these will become...

A Citroen Saxo has collided head on into a lamp post in the Shide area of Newport tonight (Wednesday). Police are currently on scene at the Asda roundabout on St George’s Way having been alerted to the single vehicle incident...

UPDATED: Emergency services including police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision at Apse Heath this afternoon (Wednesday). The main A3056 between Sandown and Newport is currently blocked in both directions. Island Echo understands that multiple emergency...

UPDATED: A crash on the main road outside St Mary's Hospital is causing travel delays between Newport and Cowes this morning (Wednesday). Police are in attendance on Parkhurst Road where traffic has been brought down to a single lane as...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat has aided a 32ft yacht aground on a mudbank at the entrance to Beaulieu River this evening (Tuesday). At around 16:20 the Atlantic 85 lifeboat was tasked to launch by Solent Coastguard to assist a yacht that...

2 Coastguard Rescue Teams have been called to Yaverland Beach in Sandown this evening (Tuesday) for the second missing persons incident of the day. Officers from Bembridge CRT and Ventnor CRT are on scene at Yaverland car park after being...