First reported by Island Echo

Concerns for an overdue vessel with 4 persons on board prompted a late night tasking for Needles Coastguard Rescue Team and Lymington RNLI yesterday (Friday). Solent Coastguard requested the mobilisation of Coastguard Rescue Officers at 23:04 to conduct a search...

Coastguard Rescue Officers assisted paramedics in transferring an unconscious female off the beach at Sandown this afternoon (Friday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were given an immediate tasking shortly before 16:30 to assist the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service at Culver...

Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at a property in Newport earlier this afternoon (Friday). 2 appliances were mobilised to Drill Hall Road when it was reported that a fire had broken out in the kitchen of a residential address....

Several homes and businesses in Newport have been left without water due to a burst water main this afternoon (Friday). Residents have reported that water pressures have dropped and in some places water has been lost altogether. The Hunnyhill and Parkhurst...

Police are continuing to investigate the disappearance of Matthew Doyle on the Isle of Wight and have released photos of 4 key witnesses officers would like to speak to. The last reported sighting of the 40-year-old was on Monday 25th...

The driver of a vehicle wanted on suspicion of drink or drug driving was arrested in Ryde yesterday afternoon (Thursday) - but not before he ran from Police, making his escape through residential properties. Hampshire Constabulary received reports of a...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Middle Road between Newport and Calbourne this morning (Friday). The incident is understood to have occurred near to Swainston on a stretch of carriageway that bends through woodland. 2 fire appliances...

A popular cut through for motorists travelling between Ryde and Newport has been closed by Police this morning (Friday) as a result of a 2-car collision. A Suzuki has come to rest on its side as a result of a...

A fire in the centre of a hollow tree, which is thought to have been deliberately set, has been extinguished by Freshwater’s retained firefighters tonight (Thursday). 1 appliance and a water carrier were mobilised when a member of the public...

A discarded cigarette is thought to be the cause of a fire which came dangerously close to a gas meter in Newport this morning (Thursday). 1 appliance from Newport Fire Station was mobilised the short distance to Langley Court on...