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Wightlink, Hovertravel and Red Funnel have responded to Bob Seely's letter asking a series of questions relating to the recent series of technical, mechanical and legal issues. As exclusively reported by Island Echo last month, the Isle of Wight MP...

FOUND: Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Newport man Mark . The -year-old was last seen this morning (Monday 12th November) and was reported missing to the Police later in the day. His disappearance is described as out of...

UPDATED: Hampshire Constabulary and WightSAR - the Island’s voluntary search and rescue team - are conducting a missing person search at Parkhurst Forest tonight (Monday). Search and rescue operatives were called into action at the request of the Police at around...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating a collision between a car and a pedestrian in Godshill which left a 17-year-old girl with a concussion. At some point between 00:40 and 01:30 during the early hours of Saturday (10th November)...

UPDATED: Fire appliances from across the Isle of Wight have responded to a false alarm at the historic Carisbrooke Castle this evening (Sunday). Crews from Newport and Shanklin mobilised to the Castle shortly after 19:00, but the first firefighters on...

There is yet more disruption on Wightlink’s Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry service today (Sunday) due to high winds in the Solent. The 07:15 from Lymington has failed to operate, with passengers at the terminal being told the 09:15 may...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have suspended their cross-Solent service for the second time today (Saturday) due to yet another technical issue with Island Flyer. The cross-Solent operation failed to begin this morning with the service completely suspended at 07:40 ahead of the scheduled...

Coastguard officers from Bembridge and Ventnor assisted the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service in moving an injured woman to an awaiting ambulance in Ventnor this afternoon (Saturday). Paramedics requested the assistance of HM Coastguard at around 12:40 when a woman in...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a property fire in a high rise block of flats on Sandown Esplanade this afternoon (Saturday). Appliances from Ryde and Shanklin have been mobilised to Sandbanks, where smoke is...

A teenage driver has had a lucky escape after crashing into a tree on Firestone Copse Road near Havenstreet this morning (Saturday). Police were called to the scene between Wootton and Havenstreet shortly after 10:00 when the red Skoda Fabia...