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The sighting of possible ordnance on the beach at Shanklin prompted a multi-agency operation involving HM Coastguard, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat this afternoon (Thursday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were mobilised...

The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge will remain out of service until at least Monday, the Isle of Wight Council have confirmed. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Cowes Floating Bridge was pulled from service yesterday afternoon (Thursday) due to...

UPDATED: Police and paramedics are attending an incident on Newport's Medina Avenue this afternoon (Thursday). Island Echo readers are reporting that a person is laid in the road. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has paramedics on scene. The service...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on a piece of live ordnance at Alum Bay last night (Wednesday). The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to the West Wight beach by Solent Coastguard at 17:30 following...

UPDATED: A mechanical issue with one of Wightlink’s car ferries has resulted in a number of cancellations on the Yarmouth to Lymington route today (Thursday). For at least the second time this week those crossing the Solent with Wightlink are...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have been forced to suspend their cross-Solent service this evening (Wednesday) due to yet another technical issue with their sole operational craft. The 17:45 crossing from Ryde was loaded with passengers as normal, but they were soon all...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to an accommodation block at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport this evening (Wednesday). 3 appliances from Newport and Ryde are on scene having been alerted to smoke issuing...

UPDATED: The Cowes Floating Bridge has been taken out of action this afternoon (Wednesday). It appears that the service has been brought to a halt on the Cowes side of the River Medina, despite the Council stating on its website...

Firefighters from Newport and Cowes were called to reports of a fire at a property on Carisbrooke Road in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). 2 appliances were mobilised to the residential address at 00:19 following reports...

An urgent search was launched to locate an elderly women with dementia during the early hours of this morning (Tuesday) when she disappeared from her home in the West Wight. Multiple emergency service resources swung into action shortly before 02:30...