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UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a property fire in the village of Newchurch this morning (Sunday). 4 pumping appliances and an aerial ladder platform from a number of stations are on scene at High...

UPDATED: A car ploughed into a wall on Park Road in Cowes earlier this morning (Sunday). Local residents experienced a rude awakening when they heard the collision take place shortly before 04:30. Island Echo understands the blue car collided with...

Staff using shovels to clear sand from underneath the skirt - as of 21:05 UPDATED: Hovertravel have been forced to suspend their cross-Solent service for the second time today (Saturday) due to yet another technical issue with Island Flyer. Passengers...

The volunteer crew of Cowes RNLI provided assistance to a 28ft yacht on the Solent earlier this afternoon (Saturday). Cowes’ inshore lifeboat was tasked to launch by Solent Coastguard at 14:37 following reports that a yacht had become entangled in...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have been forced to suspend their Ryde to Southsea service this afternoon (Saturday). The Cross-Solent operator has announced that services have been cancelled once again due to technical reasons. With Solent Flyer still at Southampton for remedial works...

UPDATED: Police have closed Burnt House Lane on the outskirts of Newport as a result of a 3-car road traffic collision this evening (Friday). Multiple Police cars rushed to the scene at just before 17:05, with the Isle of Wight...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision involving at least 2 vehicles has resulted in the closure of Morton Road, Brading - the main road connecting Ryde and Sandown. Police, paramedic and fire crews are all on scene near Yarbridge having been...

Wightlink are operating a revised timetable on their Yarmouth to Lymington route again today (Friday) due to an engine issue. The announcement of a reduced service comes less than 24 hours after a previous engine fault was fixed by the...

UPDATED: Emergency service personnel are attending a road traffic collision on a rural stretch of road in the South Wight tonight (Thursday). A section of the A3055 Whitwell Road, Ventnor has been closed in both directions by Police. Firefighters from...

It's been yet another turbulent week for cross-Solent travel, continuing the 8 weeks of chaos across all 3 operators - Red Funnel, Wightlink and Hovertravel. The past 2 months have been a massive headache for those travelling to and from...