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The Governing Body of the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has today (Thursday) formally accepted the recommendations of the Local Care Board in relation to the future of acute hospital-based services for the Isle of Wight. Under the...

UPDATED: Detectives from Newport CID are in attendance in Gurnard this morning (Thursday), alongside a forensic investigator. Hampshire Constabulary were called to an address on Marsh Road shortly before 09:30, prompting several units - including the Armed Response Unit - to...

Police are urging people to warn elderly friends and relatives about fraudsters after a local woman was conned out of about £26,000 last week. The 84-year-old victim was called last Wednesday (24th January) by somebody claiming to be from BT,...

UPDATED: Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are attending a 3-vehicle crash on Staplers Road in Newport this lunchtime (Wednesday). No one is thought to have been seriously injured in the smash, which has taken place near to...

UPDATED: Plans to drill for oil off the coast of the Isle of Wight have been scrapped by UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC, it has been announced today (Wednesday). The company has said that the low geological prospectivity, high environmental...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue, Southern Water and Island Roads are attending a flooding incident on Manners View in Newport this afternoon (Tuesday). A burst water main has led to large volumes of water gushing down the...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision has forced the closure of Whitcombe Road in Carisbrooke this morning (Tuesday). Emergency services are currently on scene between Cedar Hill roundabout and Whitecroft. Island Echo understands a car has crashed into a bus, however...

Bembridge RNLI have assisted in the search for a vessel in distress off Shanklin this evening (Monday). RNLB Alfred Albert Williams was launched at around 20:00 at the request of Solent Coastguard to investigate a weak Mayday call that had...

A mechanical issue with one of Wightlink's vessels has resulted in the cancellation of at least 2 sailings tomorrow morning (Tuesday). The cross-Solent operator says that the 10:00 crossing from Portsmouth and the 11:00 from Fishbourne have both been cancelled...

UPDATED: Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are responding to a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car in Freshwater this afternoon (Monday). It is reported that the motorcyclist has sustained a significant arm injury in...