First reported by Island Echo

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...

An ‘altercation’ involving a number of people, including a 13-year-old girl, led to a large Police response to Ryde Esplanade last night (Saturday) as the town’s annual illuminated carnival took place. Sirens galore descended on the Esplanade shortly before 22:00...

A 56-year-old man arrested on suspicion of carrying out a number of arson attacks in East Cowes, which caused some £400,000 of damage, has been bailed until December. After months of investigations, Police travelled in convoy into East Cowes yesterday...

A cyclist in his 60s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident which left him lying in the road this morning (Friday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and paramedics from the Isle of...