First reported by Island Echo

A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon (Monday) after being hit by a car in Ryde. Police were called at 16:28 to reports of a collision between a car and a pedestrian. Officers from the nearby Police station...

The leader of the Conservative group on the Isle of Wight, Councillor Suzie Ellis, has laid out plans to take control of County Hall next week, as well as revealing the group's vision to offer the local authority a 'fresh...

Reports of a red flare illuminating the night sky off Sandown led to a search and rescue operation being launched overnight. It was shortly before 01:00 that HM Coastguard received 999 calls reporting the sighting of a red flare - an...

A worker at Lynnbottom Tip has been airlifted to Southampton's Major Trauma Centre after suffering what is understood to be crush injuries. Emergency services were called to the scene off Briddlesford Road at around 07:45 this morning (Monday), as first...

Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Lora Peacey-Wilcox, has announced that she is to step down from her role next Wednesday. It comes ahead of a vote of no confidence in the Alliance group leader, who took the helm...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to an emergency at Lynnbottom Tip at Downend this morning (Monday). Flying doctors were called into action at just before 07:45 as colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance...

HM Coastguard have launched a rescue operation for people cut off by the tide at Freshwater Bay. Search and rescue teams from The Needles and Ventnor are responding to the incident alongside  RNLI lifeboats from Yarmouth and Lymington. The incident...

Wightlink has announced that a technical issue with 1 of its ferries means a number of sailings on the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route have been cancelled today (Wednesday) and across both Thursday and Friday. The cross-Solent operator says that an issue on...

Southern Water engineers have been called out to Pondwell on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Wednesday) where a burst water main has been discovered. Water is currently gushing down the hill and is creating some minor flooding at the...

HM Coastguard are in attendance at Totland this lunchtime (Tuesday) where an unoccupied yacht has been damaged by the waves. At just before 11:55 this morning, Solent Coastguard was made aware that a yacht had been damaged after being secured...