First reported by Island Echo

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...

Cross-Solent operator Red Funnel has cancelled a total of 24 sailings across today (Tuesday) and tomorrow due to fuel contamination. It's said that the issue on board Red Eagle means that the ferry has had to be removed from service....

The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI have now been stood down from the search for a missing swimmer after launching at first light this morning (Tuesday). At around 05:30, Solent Coastguard requested that the All Weather Lifeboat be launched from...

Photo: RNLI/Hebe Gregory Reports of a boat taking on water led to the launching of Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat over the weekend. The volunteer crew's pagers sounded at 18:07 on Saturday evening after Solent Coastguard was alerted to a 20ft motorboat...

A road traffic collision between a rapid response ambulance and a taxi has forced the closure of Newport’s Fairlee Road in both directions this lunchtime (Sunday). Emergency services are currently on scene on the main road in and out of Newport near...