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Working smoke alarms alerted the occupants of a property in Ryde to a fire developing in the kitchen during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). 2 appliances from Ryde Fire Station were mobilised to Slade Road, Oakfield at around...

UPDATED: Hovertravel's Ryde to Southsea service has been suspended once again this morning (Saturday) following on from yesterday’s troubles, which saw Island Flyer out of action for over 9 hours. Over the past 24 hours the troubled hovercraft has barely moved...

The body of a 46-year-old man has been found at a property in Newport today (Friday). Less than an hour after Police were called to the discovery of a man’s body in Ryde, officers were called to Scarrots Lane in...

UPDATED: A body has been discovered at an address in Ryde this afternoon (Friday). 4 Police vehicles and an ambulance crew are currently in attendance at a residential address on St John’s Road, close to the junction with Player Street....

Former Visit Isle of Wight finance officer Joanne Thornton has been given 4 months to pay back £33,875 that she stole from the tourism organisation. Thornton, 55, now of Snaithing Lane in Ranmore, Sheffield, admitted fraud by abuse of position...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have once again been forced to suspend their cross-Solent service this morning (Friday) due to a technical issue. Island Flyer has been pulled from the Ryde to Southsea route and is currently sat on the pad at Ryde,...

Wightlink have been forced to cancel their 07:30 car ferry sailing from Fishbourne this morning (Friday). The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that due to the ‘loss’ of an essential member of the crew, the 07:30 will not be operating. However,...

A concerned woman from Lake called the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service last night (Thursday) when her laptop battery started to expand. At 22:17 the local resident got in touch with Island Echo to seek advice on a...

Firefighters from Shanklin dealt with the remains of a beach fire on the Esplanade last night (Thursday). 1 appliance was mobilised to the scene at the bottom of Hope Hill, Shanklin at 22:12. The single crew put out the remaining...

Firefighters have rescued a teenage girl stuck a roof at Sainsbury's in Newport this evening (Thursday). 1 appliance was mobilised to Foxes Road at just gone 19:00 after the youngster found herself stuck at height. It's understood that a group...