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UPDATED: Police, paramedics, a Co-Responder, 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat have all responded to reports of a man entering the water on Shanklin Esplanade tonight (Wednesday). The alarm was raised shortly after 20:00 when local...

UPDATED: Firefighters are working to extricate at least 1 person from a car that has flipped onto its roof as a result of a collision with another car on Dover Street in Ryde. 2 appliances from Ryde Fire Station were...

UPDATED: A yellow weather warning has been issued by the IW Met Service advising of heavy rain and strong winds across the Isle of Wight throughout Friday and overnight into Saturday. A spell of very strong winds and heavy rain...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have been forced to suspend their cross-Solent service this afternoon (Wednesday) not because of adverse weather, but because of yet another technical issue. At 06:30 this morning the Ryde to Southsea service was suspended due to the high...

UPDATED: The Cowes Floating Bridge has been taken out service this morning (Wednesday) due to a very high tide. It's not just vehicles that will have to make their way around the River Medina... the now-regular passenger launch is also...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have suspended their Ryde to Southsea service this morning (Wednesday) due to the adverse weather conditions. High winds and choppy seas mean that the decision has been taken to bring the cross-Solent service to a temporary halt. No...

The Environment Agency have issued a 'be prepared' flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast tomorrow (Wednesday). Wednesday morning's tide at around 10:30 is much higher than normal as unsettled weather brings strong southerly force 7 winds and large...

UPDATED: Several birds, reptiles and rodents have died following a fire at the Isle of Wight Pet Centre in Newport last night (Monday). As first reported by Island Echo, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to...

UPDATE: The Isle of Wight Fire and Recue Service are tackling a fire at the Isle of Wight Pet Centre in Newport tonight (Monday). 5 appliances, the aerial ladder platform from Ryde and the Incident Command Unit from Newport are on...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a garage fire at a property on Marlborough Road in Ryde this morning (Monday). 2 appliances from Ryde have been called out to a residential address near the junction...