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UPDATED: 2 fire appliances and an aerial ladder platform are attending a fire at the derelict Harcourt Sands Holiday Park in Ryde tonight (Thursday). Tonight’s incident centres around one of the largest buildings on site - the restaurant. There is...

2 vehicles have been involved in a crash at a busy crossroads junction in Shanklin tonight (Thursday). Police, Fire and ambulance crews are currently on scene at the Atherley Road/Hope Road/Arthur’s Hill/North Road junction following a crash between a Peugeot...

Firefighters have extinguished a car fire at Fort Mews in Sandown this evening (Wednesday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised 1 appliance to the scene at around 17:45 following a 999 report of a vehicle on fire....

The family of 92-year-old Peter Coventry, who died in a collision in St Helens on Monday, have released a tribute to him. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to a single vehicle collision on Station Road...

Firefighters have extinguished a small fire at Thorness Bay Holiday Park near Gurnard this afternoon (Tuesday). 2 appliances from Newport, 1 from East Cowes, the Aerial Ladder Platform from Ryde and the Incident Command Unit from Newport were all mobilised...

A man has sadly died following a road traffic collision on Station Road in St Helens last night (Monday). Emergency services, including the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, were called to Station Road at around 20:00 when a...

UPDATED: Fire crews, paramedics and Police are attending a road traffic collision in St Helens tonight (Monday), in which a car has crashed head on into a wooden pole. The incident, which Emergency services were alerted to at around 20:00,...

The Cowes Floating Bridge remains suspended tonight (Sunday) having been pulled from service more than 5 hours ago due to what has been described as an 'overheating' issue. Floating Bridge No. 6 is currently moored up on the East Cowes...

UPDATED: Emergency services are responding to a plane crash in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). A light aircraft has come down at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club, close to Sandown Airport. The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has mobilised...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat, the Alfred Albert Williams, was launched on service to assist a 45ft sailing yacht with engine failure this afternoon (Saturday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Tamar-class lifeboat at around 12:15 to locate and assist...