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Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team have been mobilised to suspected ordnance on the beach at Shanklin this evening (Tuesday).  At around 19:30, HM Coastguard tasked the team to Small Hope Beach on the Shanklin to Sandown revetment following reports of an...

Police have launched an investigation into a suspected arson attack following a fire at a property in Newport last night (Friday). As first reported by Island Echo, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to an address...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a property fire in Newport tonight (Friday).  3 fire appliances - 2 from Newport and 1 from East Cowes - have been mobilised to an address on Barton...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been mobilised to a flat fire in Sandown this afternoon (Wednesday).  3 fire appliances from Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde are on scene at Kingsley Court on York Road. Readers have told Island...

Firefighters from Shanklin and Newport are working to extinguish a chimney fire at a property in Rookley this evening (Monday). 1 appliance from Shanklin was mobilised to the scene on Main Road, near to Hunt's Fruit and Veg, sometime before...

3 vehicles have been involved in a road traffic collision on the main Yarmouth to Newport road this afternoon (Sunday). The collision has taken place on a 40mph section of carriageway at Bouldnor, just outside of Yarmouth. Emergency services have...

A road in Ryde has been closed this afternoon (Saturday) after a car collided with a parked vehicle. Emergency services are on scene at Park Road after being alerted to the incident at around 16:20. Island Echo understands that a...

HM Coastguard are working to rescue a person stuck in the mud between Bonchurch and Shanklin this afternoon (Saturday). 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor - including the mud rescue unit from Ventnor - have been called to...

Pic: Freshwater Fire Station A 3-series BMW has burst into flames in Freshwater tonight (Wednesday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to the incident on Queen’s Road in the town - a one-way street that joins...

Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision involving multiple vehicles at Apse Heath this morning (Tuesday). The incident has taken place on Newport Road, close to the mini-roundabout by the Premier shop. Traffic is building in the area....