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The IW Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain tomorrow (Sunday). Forecasters say that spells of rain arriving during the early hours of Sunday morning will be come very heavy at times, with the potential for...

A technical issue with Hovertravel's Island Flyer, which has led to an hour-long delay, has left customers frustrated this morning (Saturday). Passenger arrived at the Ryde terminal as normal for the 08:15 crossing but were soon told there would be...

Wightlink customers have aired their anger and frustration following yesterday’s 5 hour delays on the Portsmouth to Fishbourne car ferry service. Things went wrong for the ferry operator when St Clare - the second biggest Ro-Ro ferry in the fleet...

UPDATED: A technical issue with Wightlink's St Clare ferry is resulting in disruption to the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route this afternoon (Friday). Island Echo understands the vessel has failed to depart the Fishbourne terminal as expected. Wightlink are advising that customers may...

UPDATED: 4 men have been arrested as part of an investigation into an assault in the middle of Newport town yesterday afternoon (Thursday). At around 16:00, Police were called to the Bowling Green Lane area near the bus station following...

UPDATED: Strong winds and rough seas have resulted in the suspension of Hovertravel's cross-Solent service this morning (Friday). The decision has been made to halt all crossings between Ryde and Southsea as a result of the adverse conditions. It is...

Due to expected high winds on the Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry route, Wightlink have taken the decision to run an adjusted timetable all day today (Friday). For most of the day a 2-hourly service will be in operation from both...

The Isle of Wight Council's Cabinet have tonight (Thursday) given the go ahead for controversial plans to change how the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service operates - despite the Scrutiny Committee recommending the plans are deferred for 6...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team have responded to reports of an upturned kayak in Sandown Bay this afternoon (Thursday). The alarm was raised at around 14:10 when Solent Coastguard received an emergency call from a...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have suspended their cross-Solent service this lunchtime (Thursday) due to a technical issue with the only hovercraft available, Island Flyer. At around 11:45 the craft developed a technical issue whilst on a crossing between Southsea and Ryde, resulting...