First reported by Island Echo

Reports of multiple people stuck in the mud at Ryde, prompting an emergency response from 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams, has transpired to be a false alarm with good intent. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked...

Photo: Fred Milne/RNLI Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat responded to a Mayday call from a yacht taking on water on the Solent this morning (Friday). At just before 10:00, the crew were mustered to immediately launch the 'Alfred Albert Williams'...

A brand new motorsport event, one of the first of its type to be held on public roads in England, is heading to Sandown on the Isle of Wight next year, it has been announced today (Friday). Up to 120...

Island Line - the 8.5 mile train line that runs between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin - is celebrating today (Friday) as the Isle of Wight's railway turns the grand old age of 155! The first services between Ryde St...

Police have cordoned off a section of a holiday park in Bembridge and are evacuating guests tonight following the discovery of what is thought to be an unexploded bomb. A cordon has been established at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park after...

HM Coastguard, Ryde Inshore Rescue and Ryde Lifeguards are responding to multiple people in the water off Ryde seafront this evening (Thursday). Lifeguards and a passing boat have rescued 4 swimmers - 3 children and an adult - to the...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a large field fire in Apse Heath this afternoon (Thursday). Multiple fire appliances from across the Island have called to Alverstone Road where a field is ablaze. Firefighters were mobilised...

How a juvenile white-tailed eagle will look. Photo by Mike Crutch A pair of white-tailed eagles have been reintroduced to the Isle of Wight this week for the first time in 240 years, with a further 4 eagles to be...

Firefighters from Newport, Freshwater and Yarmouth have tackled a house fire in Brighstone overnight. 3 appliances and a Aerial Ladder Platform were mobilised to Moortown Lane at 01:19 this morning (Thursday) following a 999 call reporting a fire at a...

Fast boats, buzzing helicopters and a secret spy - it's like something out of a James Bond film. In fact, it is believed that producers of the next Bond film, 'No Time to Die', have been filming scenes for the...