First reported by Island Echo

Emergency teams have responded to a serious sailing incident involving a woman in her 40s off Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). It was around 14:00 that the female was discovered unconscious in the water on the Solent. The casualty was hauled aboard...

Fire crews from Shanklin, Sandown, Newport and Ryde are in attendance at a property fire in Shanklin this lunchtime (Saturday). Smoke is issuing from a large detached property on Sandown Road, near the junction with Howard Road. Firefighters are working...

3 people have been arrested after a knife, baseball bat and a metal wrench were found inside a car that failed to stop at the scene of a crash in Lake last night (Thursday). Police were called at 20:30 to...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is in attendance at a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car in Chale this afternoon (Thursday). The incident, which occurred on Chale Street at the junction with Newman Lane...

Red Funnel has cancelled 2 sailings on its East Cowes-Southampton service this evening (Wednesday). Due to a technical issue with a forward bellow on Red Falcon, the 20:15 from Southampton and the 21:45 from East Cowes have both been cancelled....

A yellow weather warning for strong winds has been issued for the Isle of Wight as the first strong low-pressure system of the Autumn heads our way. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that gusts of up to 60mph are...

Reports of an object floating in the water near Hurst Castle led to the launch of Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat this evening (Tuesday). At 18:50, Solent Coastguard tasked the volunteer crew of Yarmouth Lifeboat to reports from a member of the...

Wightlink has cancelled 2 early morning sailings on its Yarmouth-Lymington route for Thursday. It’s been confirmed that the 06:15 from Lymington has been pulled, as has the 07:30 from Yarmouth. The cancellations are as a result of the lack of...

Police deployed sniffer dogs at a residential property in Newport yesterday afternoon (Monday) where a group of men and women were arrested on suspicion of drug dealing. Multiple vehicles descended on a residential property on West View, just off Trafalgar...

Red Funnel has had to cancel 3 vehicle ferry sailings on its East Cowes-Southampton route this morning (Tuesday) due to a mechanical breakdown. It's said that an issue with the forward voith propulsion and steering unit on Red Osprey had...