Motorists face yet more disruption in Ryde as Smallbrook Lane is to be completely closed next week, and again for 2 weeks later on in November. The initial...
First reported by Island Echo
A van fire has been extinguished by retained firefighters in the West Wight this afternoon (Wednesday). 1 appliance from Freshwater was mobilised to Colwell...
Wightlink is pledging to further reduce its carbon emissions significantly over the next decade, announcing that they have started the process of commissioning...
An emergency telephone attached to the RNLI’s inshore lifeboat station at Bembridge has been damaged by vandals overnight. The lifeboat’s coxswain...
Wightlink’s Yarmouth-Lymington service is delayed by as much as 50 minutes this morning (Tuesday) due to a reported technical problem. Island Echo...
A burst water main, which was reported to Southern Water at just gone midnight, has left residents in the Newport area without supplies this morning (Tuesday)...
A 144-metre long oil tanker has run aground off The Needles this afternoon (Monday), prompting the launch of Yarmouth’s lifeboat. The Liberian-flagged...
Reports of a person in the water and possibly cut off by the tide at Ryde led to the launch of Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat earlier this morning (Sunday). Bembridge...
2 people have escaped any serious injury following a crash in Yarmouth this morning (Sunday). The incident, which saw a car come to rest on its roof, occurred...
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in Ryde to assist in a medical incident this morning (Sunday). Residents in the vicinity of Simeon...
Border Force vessels have been seen conducting what is understood to be migrant interception training on the Solent just off the coast of the Isle of Wight...
A red flare sighting prompted a search and rescue mission involving Cowes RNLI and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team late last night (Thursday). A post on the...
A cow was herded to safety from the bottom of the cliff at the most southerly point of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Thursday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue...
A road traffic collision between a car and a van has closed a main road between Newport and Wootton this afternoon (Thursday). Multiple police units are...
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has been called to Red Funnel’s Southampton terminal this afternoon (Thursday) to tackle a fire...
Red Funnel has been forced to suspend its hi-speed service between West Cowes and Southampton as both Red Jet 6 and Red Jet 7 have been hit by technical issues...
