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A car has rolled and come to a stop on its side on the main road between Newport and Yarmouth this morning (Saturday).  The incident has taken place near to Three Gates Farm on Yarmouth Road. Emergency services are on...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have 12 firefighters tackling a small woodland fire in Wootton this afternoon (Friday). 2 appliances and a water carrier are on scene at Brocks Copse Road - which connected Wootton to...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision between a van and a motorcycle on Whiterails Road near Wootton this morning (Friday). The incident has taken place in the dip outside Butterfly World. Police, fire and ambulance crews are...

Police from Hampshire Constabulary have seized a high powered blue motorbike today (Thursday) after the rider failed to stop in Ryde, prompting a helicopter search. A tweet was put out on the Island's police Twitter account saying the rider appears...

UPDATED: 23-year-old Macauley Watterston of Laundry Lane, Newport has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following the stabbing of a teenager in Cowes during the early hours of Tuesday morning. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police...

UPDATED: Coastguard Rescue Teams have been tasked to an incident at Compton in the West Wight this evening (Thursday).  A Coastguard Rescue 4x4 from Ventnor responded through Niton towards Compton at approximately 18:25, with the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 from Lee-on-Solent flying...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision has resulted in the A3056 Newport Road, near to Sandown Airport, being blocked in both directions this evening (Thursday).  Motorists have told us that they are being turned around at Morrisons Roundabout and Apse Heath Roundabout....

UPDATED: Firefighters from multiple stations across the Island are attending a fire at the former Stonehaven care home in Sandown tonight (Wednesday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised shortly before 22:00 and currently more than 6...

UPDATED: Mary Ellis, the much-loved aviator who helped to deliver over 1,000 aircraft during the war, has died at her home on the Isle of Wight at the age of 101, according to the Air Transport Auxiliary Association. Mary joined the Air Transport...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to reports of a fire at Nine Acres in Newport this evening (Wednesday).  The fire, thought to have been started deliberately, was extinguished by the fire service shortly after arriving on...