First reported by Island Echo

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...

Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team, Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and Bembridge RNLI lifeboat were tasked to reports of a person cut off by the tide at St Helens earlier this morning (Monday). A concerned member of the public made a 999...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is to receive an additional £48million from the Government to help redesign acute services for Island residents, it has been announced tonight (Sunday). Earlier today it was revealed by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson that...

A 24-year-old woman from Wroxall has been charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis following a road traffic collision in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Police received a report of a road traffic...

Passengers travelling on Wightlink's Lymington to Yarmouth car ferry service are currently stuck on board the vessel 'Wight Sun' as it is unable to dock at Yarmouth due to a mechanical issue. Sometime around 20:30, a problem developed on the car...