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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...

UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a motorcycle fire in Ryde tonight (Saturday). 1 fire appliance from Ryde Fire Station is on scene at North Walk having been called to the...

UPDATED: Firefighters are tackling a small grass fire in a field off Stower Place in Sandown this afternoon (Saturday). 1 appliance from Ryde - supported by the off-road Land Rover from the same station - has located the fire in...

UPDATED: 2 fire appliances from Ryde are tackling a garden fire in Nettlestone this evening (Friday). The fire has broke out in the rear garden of a bungalow, close to an electricity substation, on Solent View Road. Crews are using...

A 2-year-old child locked inside a car has been freed with the assistance of firefighters in the West Wight this afternoon (Friday). Freshwater Fire Station were mobilised to Fort Victoria Country Park near Yarmouth at just before 12:30 when the...

Police are appealing for witnesses to yesterday's serious collision in Wootton in which a 90-year-old woman was run over. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called shortly before 16:30 to reports of a collision involving a BMW...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Forest Road in Newport this morning (Friday). The incident has occurred near to Snows BMW on the main road to the West Wight - which has been closed in both...