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A 15-year-old girl helped to save a intoxicated man from the sea at Sandown last night (Saturday). Whilst thousands of people were enjoying the annual fireworks display, one man took it upon himself to enter the bitterly cold water in...

UPDATED: Police were called to a road traffic collision involving a Skoda Fabia on Lake High Street late last night (Saturday). The red hatchback sustained heavy front end damage after colliding with a number of bollards lining the carriageway. Airbags...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Newport and Freshwater are tackling a tree fire in Brighstone this evening (Saturday). 1 appliance from Newport was mobilised to the scene off Upper Lane at just gone 20:00. A tree is well alight with an orange...

UPDATED: Police and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams are attending an incident at Totland Pier in the West Wight this morning (Saturday). As previously reported by Island Echo, the National Police Air Service helicopter started circling Ryde shortly after 05:00 before...

Local residents were woken from their beds by the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter conducting an apparent search in the skies above Ryde earlier this morning (Saturday). At just gone 05:00 the Bournemouth-based helicopter started circling the town in...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to an alarm activation at The Royal Hotel in Ventnor this morning (Saturday). 3 appliances from Ventnor, Shanklin and Newport were mobilised to the scene on Belgrave Road at around...

Red Funnel should no longer arrive or depart from their East Cowes terminal if visibility drops below 370 metres. Cowes Harbour Commission has issued a temporary general direction which states that vessels over 48 metres should not navigate in the...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at a fish & chip shop in Ryde this afternoon (Friday). 2 appliances and an aerial ladder platform are all on scene at Oakfield High Street, where a...

UPDATED: Wightlink have been forced to cancel a number of sailings on their Yarmouth-Lymington route this afternoon (Friday) due to a technical issue with a piece of electronic chart equipment. The cross-Solent operator has announced that the 12:05 and 14:05...

Photo: Jamie Penn Island Con will not return to the Isle of Wight next year as the company behind the annual event, Alliance Conventions, has been forced into insolvency. Large financial losses suffered by the running of both 2018 and...