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UPDATED: A road traffic collision is causing delays heading in and out of East Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has taken place on the GKN roundabout at Barton and is thought to involve a motorcyclist. Police and paramedics from...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat spent more than 4 hours at sea aiding a yacht suffering from engine failure last night (Friday). The Tamar-class lifeboat was launched at 18:50 in response to a request from Solent Coastguard to locate and...

UPDATED: Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Sandown have been called to an incident at Fellowship House in Ryde this morning (Saturday). 4 pumping appliances, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit are all on scene at Green...

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are attending a crash between 2 vehicles in the car park of Tesco Ryde tonight (Friday). Emergency services were alerted to the slow speed incident at around 21:45, prompting a response from...

Photo via isleofwightwebcams.co.uk UPDATED: The volunteer crew of Selsey RNLI have, rather unusually, been tasked to assist a yacht hard aground on Ryde Sands tonight (Friday). Shortly before 19:20 a large yacht hit a sand bank off Ryde, causing the...

A road traffic collision is causing rush hour delays on the way to East Cowes this evening (Friday). Traffic is said to be extremely heavy in the area of Whippingham Road, Racecourse Roundabout and Racecouse following what has been described...

Fire crews from Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor are attending an alarm activation at the Island’s tallest building - Napoleon’s Landing in Sandown. The 3 appliances were mobilised by control to Sandown Esplanade at just before 16:45. Thankfully, there appears to...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised more than 5 appliances to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport this afternoon (Friday). At around 16:35 the fire service were alerted to a potential fire in the north section...

UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are attending an incident at Barfield in Ryde this morning (Friday). Doctors and paramedics in the life-saving helicopter landed at Dover Park Primary...

30-year-old Ben Entwhistle of Westlake Avenue, Lake has been remanded in custody after being charged with a number of offences. As previously reported by Island Echo, a male was detained by Police at an address in Linden Road, Newport yesterday...