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Fire crews from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a small flat fire in Sandown this morning (Sunday). 3 appliances from Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde are on scene at Carter Street, where light smoke can...

Police are making enquiries to identify and locate the driver of a car that crashed into a wall in Ryde late last night (Friday). Officers were called at 23:25 yesterday to a report of a single vehicle collision on Ashey...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to a serious medical emergency in Ventnor this afternoon (Thursday) as a result of a woman falling down a flight of steps and going into cardiac arrest.  The incident...

Motorists face yet more disruption in Ryde as Smallbrook Lane is to be completely closed next week, and again for 2 weeks later on in November. The initial plan was to complete the roundabout improvement works under temporary traffic lights...

A van fire has been extinguished by retained firefighters in the West Wight this afternoon (Wednesday). 1 appliance from Freshwater was mobilised to Colwell Road following reports of a fire within the cab of a Ford Transit. Upon arrival, the...

Wightlink is pledging to further reduce its carbon emissions significantly over the next decade, announcing that they have started the process of commissioning a new ferry that will be 100% electric. The ferry company already operates England’s first hybrid energy...

An emergency telephone attached to the RNLI's inshore lifeboat station at Bembridge has been damaged by vandals overnight. The lifeboat's coxswain and mechanic arrived at the station on Lane End this morning (Tuesday) to find the external telephone smashed to...

Wightlink's Yarmouth-Lymington service is delayed by as much as 50 minutes this morning (Tuesday) due to a reported technical problem. Island Echo readers say that the 07:30 sailing from Yarmouth has been unable to sail with passengers, resulting in the...

A burst water main, which was reported to Southern Water at just gone midnight, has left residents in the Newport area without supplies this morning (Tuesday).  Home and businesses in the PO30 5 areas are said to be without water....

A 144-metre long oil tanker has run aground off The Needles this afternoon (Monday), prompting the launch of Yarmouth's lifeboat. The Liberian-flagged 'Chem Alya' has gone aground on the ledge to the west of the Isle of Wight whilst en-route between...