First reported by Island Echo

The Home Office has accepted a submission to create a Combined Fire Authority (CFA) between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. As previously reported by Island Echo, it was originally hoped that the CFA arrangements would come into force in...

Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to assist the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service on the revetment between Sandown and Shanklin last night (Wednesday). A walker had fallen down the cliff steps at Lake, close to The Strollers Cafe, sustaining...

The alert is valid for areas inside the white line. The mercury is expected to hit a scorching 34c on the Isle of Wight tomorrow (Thursday), according to Island Echo's official weather forecasters IW Met Service. Temperatures are predicted to...

Olivo in Ryde has closed its doors for refurbishment today (Wednesday) at the same time that it is confirmed that liquidators have been called in to take control of the company. A notice in The Gazette states that there is...

Firefighters from Ryde are attending a small cooker fire at a residential address in the town this lunchtime (Wednesday).  1 appliance and an officer have been mobilised to St John’s Wood Road following a 999 call by a concerned neighbour...

Around 18 employees working at a factory in Ryde have been told this week that they face losing their jobs. Neutrik, based at Cothey Way, confirmed to staff yesterday that a number of positions look set to be lost at...

The actions of an Isle of Wight man are thought to have saved a toddler’s life on a packed beach at Shanklin this afternoon (Tuesday). Chris Goddard was enjoying the glorious sunshine at Shanklin with his family when he noticed...

A yellow weather warning for dense fog overnight and into Tuesday morning has been issued for the Isle of Wight. Local forecasters IW Met Service say that low cloud and coastal mist in the West will gradually become more widespread...

Police, fire and ambulance crews are dealing with a road traffic collision on Military Road this afternoon (Saturday). 1 vehicle is understood to have come to a rest on its roof in a field having left the carriageway. Emergency services...

Police have already made their first seizure of the day, taking an unlawful van off the Isle of Wight's roads. The Nissan Kubistar van was stopped on Fairlee Road on the outskirts of Newport sometime before 08:45. Roadside enquiries carried...