First reported by Island Echo

A medical emergency on board the Wight Sky has caused delays of up to 45 minutes on Wightlink’s Yarmouth to Lymington route this afternoon (Friday). Passengers travelling with Wightlink are being advised to check in as usual for their booked...

No injuries have been reported following a 3-car collision on a main road in Cowes this morning (Friday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at 08:37 with reports of a collision on Newport Road in Cowes involving 3...

Police are appealing for help in locating missing 38-year-old Simon Ford from the Isle of Wight, whose vehicle has been located in a rural West Wight village. Although Simon has been in contact with his family today (Monday), there are...

A car has smashed into and shunted a large commercial skip on the road leading in and out of St Helens this lunchtime (Monday). The elderly occupants of the Honda Jazz are currently being assessed by paramedics from the Isle...

Bembridge RNLI has launched both of its lifeboats to assist 1 man and his dog who are onboard a trawler that has gone aground off St Helens this afternoon (Friday). It was at around 13:30 that Solent Coastguard was alerted...

Reform UK have regained an Isle of Wight Council seat following Bill Nigh's victory in the Lake North by-election tonight (Thursday). The by-election was called after the resignation of Reform councillor David Maclean back in August. Maclean, who won by...

A haul of suspected counterfeit tobacco items and a quantity of cash were seized from a vape shop in Newport this afternoon (Wednesday) as part of an ongoing investigation. Detectives and officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary executed...

In its second mission to the Island of the day so far, the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed on the beach at Shanklin this morning (Wednesday) to aid an unwell individual at a local B&B. It...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has touched down in central Ryde this morning (Wednesday) as specialist medics respond to a life-threatening situation in the town. It was just gone midnight that the air ambulance was scrambled to...

The main road between Newport and Cowes has been closed by Police this morning (Tuesday) as a result of a 3-car shunt near the prisons. Emergency services are on scene at Parkhurst Road, near the junction with Clissold Road, where...