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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...

UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service have been called to reports of a fire at Rookley County Park this evening (Wednesday).  Fire appliances were called to the scene at...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a significant undergrowth fire in St. Lawrence this afternoon (Wednesday). 2 fire appliances from Ryde, 2 from Newport, 1 from East Cowes and 1 from Shanklin along with 2 water...

Police on the Isle of Wight have arrested and questioned a 23-year-old local man in connection with the stabbing of a teenager in Cowes on Tuesday. As previously reported by Island Echo, at around 00:30 during the early hours of...

Police have closed the main road between Wroxall and Ventnor this morning (Wednesday) as a result of a road traffic collision on Newport Road with the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance in attendance. The incident has taken place...

UPDATED: Police have descended on Sandown this evening (Tuesday) as they hunt for at least 1 wanted individual. Officers have surrounded residential streets off Avenue Road and the Police helicopter from Bournemouth is overhead. Witnesses say that 1 person has...