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UPDATED: Coastguard officers from Ventnor are working with paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service in moving an unwell teenager from a beach in Shanklin tonight (Saturday). Emergency services are on scene at the south end of Shanklin Esplanade,...

UPDATED: Cineworld in Newport has been forced to cancel all screenings for tonight (Thursday). A notice at the entrance to the cinema complex at Coppins Bridge says that due to unforeseen circumstances, all planned film screenings have been scrubbed. Customers...

A Citroen Saxo has collided head on into a lamp post in the Shide area of Newport tonight (Wednesday). Police are currently on scene at the Asda roundabout on St George’s Way having been alerted to the single vehicle incident...

UPDATED: Emergency services including police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision at Apse Heath this afternoon (Wednesday). The main A3056 between Sandown and Newport is currently blocked in both directions. Island Echo understands that multiple emergency...

UPDATED: Firefighters have been called to Merrie Farm Park in Lake this morning (Saturday) where a digger has been engulfed in flames. Black smoke is billowing into the sky as the fire rips through the cab of the large 23...

UPDATED: Coastguard officers are conducting a search of the shoreline at Sandown this morning (Saturday) following the discovery of a pile of clothes. Bembridge coastguard rescue team have been tasked to search the area over fears someone could be in...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have been forced to suspended their cross-Solent service this morning (Saturday) due to technical reasons. Solent Flyer is currently limping back into Ryde at a slow speed of around 5 knots having departed Southsea almost 45 minutes ago....

A motorcycle and a car have been involved in a road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road near Havenstreet this evening (Thursday). Police are currently in attendance at the scene where the Wootton to Downend road meets Combley Road, close to...

Red Funnel's 'Red Kestrel', a brand new freight ferry for the company's East Cowes to Southampton route, will hit the water for the first time on Tuesday. At 74m in length, Red Kestrel will provide 265 lane metres of roll-on/roll-off...

Coastguard officers from Ventnor have been called to invesitgate the discovery of a dolphin on a beach near Chale. A member of the public found the deceased mammal earlier morning (Thursday), prompting a response from Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team. The...