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Cadbury's Secret Santa postal service has landed on the Isle of Wight today (Thursday) giving Islanders the chance to secretly send FREE chocolate to someone special. A pop-up kiosk has taken up position on Western Gardens on Ryde seafront, where Cadbury's...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service won’t be renewing the temporary contracts of 7 firefighters when they come up for renewal at the end of the year, Island Echo understands. 5 firefighters from Ryde and 2 from...

UPDATED: A collection box for this year's Poppy Appeal has been stolen from a church in Ryde. The shocking discovery was made at All Saints' Church on Queens Road yesterday (Tuesday). It's feared hundreds of pounds could now be in...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is mourning the loss of former Station Manager Trevor Moyce, who died following his battle with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) yesterday (Tuesday). Trev, as he was known to his friends and colleagues,...

Firefighters have successfully dealt with a chimney fire at a property in East Cowes this evening (Tuesday). 1 appliance from the town's fire station was mobilised to Albany Road at 19:05. It's at a residential address that the single crew...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating the theft of a car from a driveway in Binstead overnight. The black 2018 Nissan Juke was brazenly taken from outside a detached family home on Binstead Lodge Road sometime between midnight...

UPDATED: Firefighters are responding to a fire at a block of flats in Ventnor this afternoon (Tuesday). Appliances from Shanklin and Ventnor are already on scene on the main road into the town and 2 appliances from Ryde are still...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a small fire at W.A. Foods wholesalers in Shanklin this afternoon (Tuesday). Appliances from Shanklin, Ventnor and Ryde are on scene at Ponoma Road and the Incident Command Unit...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision involving a van on Fairlee Road on the outskirts of Newport this afternoon (Tuesday). The incident, which occured at around 13:45, has taken place near to the turning for Island Harbour...

CEO Keith Greenfield UPDATED: Wightlink operated their St Clare car ferry without its Certification of Class or Air Pollution Prevention Certificate for 8 days before staff realised the blunder, it has been revealed. The former flagship vessel was unexpectedly pulled...