First reported by Island Echo

Some residents in Shanklin are without power this evening (Saturday), as 9 postcodes suffer from electricity outages. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say that a fault was reported at 21:30, and that engineers are working to rectify the issue. It...

Volunteer crew members at Cowes RNLI were tasked to assist a capsized jet-ski with engine difficulties this afternoon (Saturday). HM Coastguard tasked the Sheena Louise to assist the personal water craft at 15:20, just minutes after it returned from a...

Residents in 8 postcodes within the Arreton area are without power this afternoon (Saturday). Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) say that they became aware of the fault at 14:35. The company has engineers working on the issue, and supplies...

Multiple emergency crews, including an air ambulance crew, are working together to recover a casualty in need of medical assistance this afternoon (Saturday). HM Coastguard has tasked both Cowes RNLI lifeboat and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Teams to the incident, which...

The volunteer crew of Cowes RNLI lifeboat found themselves tasked to 2 jobs in the space of just several minutes yesterday afternoon (Friday). The crew members’ pagers went off at 16:50 after the single word of ‘Mayday’ was heard over...

A dangerous overtake on a busy main road between Brading and Newport has been captured on the dashcam of an Isle of Wight driver. An Island man, who wishes to remain anonymous, was driving along the Downs Road in the...

Reports of a missing person have sparked a search of an area of Firestone Copse this evening (Friday). Multiple police units including several cars, a van, an Armed Response Vehicle, and a dog unit assembled at the main Firestone Copse...

Firefighters and Coastguard Rescue Teams have been in action in Seaview after a dog found itself stuck on rocks this evening (Friday). 1 Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service appliance from Ryde attended the scene at Seaview...

Firefighters are battling a garden fire at a residential property in Whitwell this morning (Friday). 1 appliance from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance on Kemming Road, where several metres of undergrowth have...

Properties in the Horsebridge Hill area on the outskirts of Newport are without power once again as a result of a network fault. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks engineers are currently investigating the issue which is affecting 10 postcode areas...