First reported by Island Echo

Hovertravel has suspended its cross-Solent service this evening (Saturday) due to adverse weather conditions.  An increasingly strong wind has led to the decision to stop all hover crossings between Ryde and Southsea. An update is expected at 20:30, but it...

Red Funnel's services to and from the Isle of Wight are being hit by cancellations and delays on what is one of the busiest days of the year for the cross-Solent operator. As thousands of people descend on the Isle...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed at Nine Acres Playing Field in the middle of Newport this morning (Friday). After circling low over the town centre, the helicopter touched down at 07:48. Onboard doctors and paramedics...

An unattended car narrowly avoided the rush hour traffic when it rolled down the main road in Wootton earlier this evening (Thursday).  The purple Peugeot 208 was seen to roll backwards down the High Street before mounting the pavement and...

Emergency services have been called to a 3-vehicle crash on Newport Shute off Mersley Downs this afternoon (Thursday). Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are on scene just off The Downs, near to The Garlic Farm. The road...

Firefighters in the West Wight worked to fully extinguish and damp down a fire that broke out on the exterior of a shop in Totland during the early hours of this morning (Thursday). 2 appliances from Freshwater and Yarmouth, as...

There are cancellations on Island Line train services once again today (Thursday) due to continuing staff shortages. South Western Railway says that due to the unavailability of crew, a reduced service is in operation again today (Thursday) and on Saturday...

A 43-year-old woman who badly injured her hip in a fall on the rocky shore between Thorness and Gurnard became the subject of a rescue operation late last night (Tuesday). Cowes RNLI Lifeboat and local Coastguard Rescue Teams were called...

Emergency services have been called to attend an incident involving a car and a motorcycle on a main road in and out of Cowes this afternoon (Tuesday). Nodes Road has been closed by Police as a result of the road...

The Isle of Wight Education Federation (IWEF) has announced it is consulting on merging its schools - Medina College, Carisbrooke College and The Island VI Form - with a Hampshire-based academy trust. HISP MAT (Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Southampton and...