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UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are working to extinguish a fire near Porchfield this afternoon (Thursday). Appliances from Newport and Freshwater are on scene at Locks Green, where it is understood a pile of tyres has...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, Police and paramedics are responding to a road traffic collision on Middle Road between Calbourne and Carisbrooke this morning (Thursday). 2 fire appliances from Newport have turned out in response to...

A man who fell overboard from the Wightlink ferry as it pulled out of Portsmouth Harbour last week has been named as 58-year-old Alan Stafford. Mr Stafford, of Craneswater Park in Southsea, was found near Haslar Marina on Monday -...

An unprepared sailor who broke down whilst 6 miles out to sea has been rescued by Yarmouth RNLI overnight. Shortly before midnight last night (Wednesday) Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Yarmouth’s All Weather Lifeboat to locate a lone sailor...

UPDATED: Fire Crews from Newport were called to reports of 'lots of smoke' on Pyle Street this afternoon (Wednesday). Fortunately, upon arriving at the reported location, crews soon realised the smoke reported was from a bonfire and there was no...

UPDATED: A incident is causing delays on the main road between Cowes and Newport this afternoon (Wednesday). The incident is thought to have occurred near to the County Show Ground. Southern Vectis have said that Route 1 buses are experiencing...

UPDATED: 20 sheep have been killed in Merstone following what is thought to be a dog attack during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). The animals were found between Merstone and Horrigford, not far from the cycle path. Local...

Fire Crews from Freshwater attended a one-vehicle RTC this morning (Wednesday) following reports of a trapped person. Upon arriving on scene at the junction between Sunset Close & the High Street, the driver had self extricated the Mini Cooper Clubman...

Fire Crews from multiple stations across the Island are working to tackle a blaze that has broken out on the cliffs at Shanklin this morning (Wednesday). It is understood that the location of the fire is currently hindering the process...

The driver of a car that has been left in an unrecognisable state following a serious crash at Blackgang last night (Tuesday) has been flown to Southampton General Hospital for surgery. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were...