First reported by Island Echo

UK Oil & Gas PLC has announced that it has filed a planning application with the Isle of Wight Council for the appraisal drilling and flow testing of the Arreton oil discovery. The Application details the planned construction, operation and...

Islanders and visitors alike can expect serious travel disruption on Wightlink's Fishbourne route this weekend due to the absence of an essential member of crew. It has been confirmed that the 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 and 20:00 sailings from Portsmouth and...

Wightlink have now been forced to cancel a number of sailings on its Yarmouth-Lymington route due to staff shortage. Yesterday, the cross-Solent operator was running with cancellations on its Fastcat service to and from Ryde. Later in the day, it...

Wightlink has confirmed that a number of sailings on its Fishbourne-Portsmouth route have been cancelled tomorrow morning (Friday) due to staff absence. The 08:30, 10:30 and 12:30 sailings from Portsmouth and the 07:30, 09:30, 11:30 and 13:30 sailings from Fishbourne...

Island Line train services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin have been suspended this afternoon (Thursday) due to a member of staff being taken ill. South Western Railway say that a member of the signalling team has been taken ill,...

A 16-year-old is said to have suffered a back injury following a collision between a car and a bicycle on the outskirts of Newport yesterday (Wednesday). Police and paramedics were called to Blackwater Road at 17:00. Island Echo is told...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on the Isle of Wight today (Thursday). The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from Portsmouth were called to the Blackgang area of the South Wight earlier this morning after...

The discovery of a life raft on a South Wight beach led to a search operation earlier on today (Wednesday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were mobilised to the Whale Chine area at just gone 16:30 following reports that a life...

Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team have been mobilised to suspected ordnance on the beach at Shanklin this evening (Tuesday).  At around 19:30, HM Coastguard tasked the team to Small Hope Beach on the Shanklin to Sandown revetment following reports of an...

Homes and businesses in the rural villages of Chale and Niton are without power this afternoon (Tuesday). A power outage hit the area at around 15:55 and is said to be affecting a total of 128 postcode areas in PO38...