First reported by Island Echo

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed high upon Chillerton Down this afternoon (Sunday) to provide emergency medical assistance to an injured paraglider. Flying doctors touched down on the downland shortly before 15:45, providing assistance to local...

Photo: IOWight Police The discovery of a 20mm round from an World War II fighter plane prompted a call out for the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team today (Sunday). Police were alerted to the discovery in Seaview near Ryde when...

2 children with head injuries have been transferred ashore for medical treatment thanks to the efforts of HMS Ranger and Yarmouth RNLI, with support from HM Coastguard and a local co-responder. The situation began at around 10:30 this morning when a...

A motorcyclist is being treated by paramedics for an arm injury following a head-on collision with a car in Ashey on the southern outskirts of Ryde this evening (Saturday). The incident involving a Kawasaki ZX600 and a red Skoda Fabia has occurred...

An injured pedestrian is being tended to by emergency services in Binstead this evening (Saturday).  Police and paramedics are on scene at Ringwood Road, where the casualty is laying in the road. The incident has occurred just off of the...

Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision involving a motorcyclist on The Mall in Carisbrooke this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has occurred between the junction of West Street/Drill Hall Road and Trafalgar Road/Castle Street. Island Echo understands the...

A man has been taken to hospital with a head injury after falling into the water at Cowes. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were called to Shepards Marina off Medina Road at around 13:00 following reports that...

A woman and her loyal dog have escaped injury after being rescued from a cliff between Gurnard and Thorness this lunchtime (Saturday). HM Coastguard launched a search and rescue mission to locate and rescue the pair when the alarm was...

A cordon was erected on a residential street in Newport overnight after an assault on a 49-year-old man. Police were called to the incident at a caravan in Beech Road at around 01:20 this morning (Saturday). It’s said a man was...

Cries for help heard from the cliff top at Chale have led to a search and rescue operation in the South Wight this morning (Saturday).  Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat are currently conducting a search...