First reported by Island Echo

2 teenagers cut off by the tide at Luccombe have been rescued by Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat this evening (Thursday).  The boy and girl found themselves stuck against the cliff face between Shanklin and Ventnor shortly before 18:00. The...

A second weather warning for the Isle of Wight has been issued by local forecasters IW Met Service - this time for heavy rain. Overnight tonight (Thursday) an area of heavy showery rain will push in from the southwest. Some...

A 54-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst unfit through drink after crashing into 2 parked cars in Cowes last night. Police were called to the St Mary's Road and Denmark Road area of Cowes at 20:22...

Photo: @FreashwaterFire A kite surfer in his 50s has tragically died after smashing into a cliff at Compton yesterday evening (Wednesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, multiple emergency resources were mobilised to the scene off Military Road at around...

Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter has landed on the green beside Bembridge RNLI lifeboat station this evening (Wednesday) to airlift an injured sailor to hospital. The incident began around 17:15 when a Mayday call was issued by a 22m sailing yacht...

Photo: @FreashwaterFire Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have been scrambled alongside local Coastguard officers and Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat to an injured individual at Compton this evening (Wednesday). The red and white helicopter...

Police have cordoned off a residential street in Cowes tonight (Tuesday) as investigations get underway into what is understood to be a serious assault. Officers were called to Arctic Road near the junction with South Road sometime after 21:00 following...

Multiple lifeboats and land-based Coastguard teams are conducting investigations into reports of a kite surfer in difficulty off the coast of the Isle of Wight this evening (Tuesday). Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and both of Bembridge RNLI’s lifeboats are...

A person has got into difficulty and is requiring the assistance of HM Coastguard on the cliffs at Luccombe this afternoon (Monday). Solent Coastguard paged both Bembridge and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Teams to reports of a person on the cliffs...

Police and paramedics are attending a road traffic collision on St Mary's Roundabout in Newport this afternoon (Monday). The incident has taken place on the Dodnor side of the busy roundabout, which has been partially closed by Police. Island Echo...