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UPDATED: The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge has run aground in East Cowes this afternoon (Wednesday), resulting in vehicles having to reverse off. At around 13:30 passengers and vehicles were loaded onto the chain ferry, but crew soon discovered they were...

UPDATED: Police are searching for a man in Lake near Shanklin this lunchtime (Wednesday) - and the assistance of the Police helicopter from Bournemouth has been called upon. A large scale search is underway in the area of Westlake Avenue, which...

Ryde Inshore Rescue were tasked to reports of 2 men in a dinghy drifting some 1.5 miles off the coast of the Isle of Wight yesterday evening (Monday). Solent Coastguard paged the volunteer lifeboat crew at 20:20 to locate and...

UPDATED: Emergency services are battling to save the life of an individual who has been pulled from the water near Prince's Green in Cowes this evening (Monday). Shocked eye witnesses say that CPR is in progress on the waterfront, where...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a tractor fire near to St Catherine's Point - the furthest southerly point of the Isle of Wight. Smoke can be seen from miles around according to Island Echo readers,...

UPDATED: 2 youngsters have been taken to St Mary’s Hospital by ambulance this evening (Sunday) after getting into difficulty in the sea near to Ryde Harbour. Members of the public spotted that the duo were in trouble as they struggled...

Photo: Bembridge CRT UPDATED: Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor are attending an incident in the area of Niton Undercliff this afternoon (Sunday). Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are also on scene. Emergency services were called...

Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to a field fire in Shorwell just after midday today (Sunday).  Fire crews from Newport and Freshwater were called to a field fire in the Kingston area of...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a fire at Los Altos Park in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday).  Firefighters are currently on scene at the park near to the Island Line railway track, situated...

Photo: @GreenwatchIWFRS UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a solar farm fire in the St Helens area this afternoon (Sunday). A field has gone up in flames with several eyewitnesses saying how they...