First reported by Island Echo

Cowes RNLI lifeboat launched to assist a 19-year-old male whose legs were crushed in a 2-boat collision on the Solent earlier this afternoon (Sunday). The teenager was 1 of 4 men aboard a 25ft Cowes Week yacht that was involved...

The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Team from Portsmouth have been called in to investigate and make safe a piece of suspected ordnance at Steephill Cove in Ventnor. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were first tasked to investigate the potentially explosive discovery...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in the village of Alverstone this morning (Sunday) in response to a medical emergency. The yellow and green helicopter touched down in the rural location on the outskirts of Sandown...

A motorcycle was dumped and set alight in a park in Sandown during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). 1 fire appliance from Sandown was mobilised to Los Altos Park, which runs alongside the railway line, at around 01:40....

William Hill bookmakers in Ryde will be closing its doors for good on Sunday 11th August, it has been confirmed. A notice in the window of the betting shop states that it will be closing tomorrow,  but without any explanation...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a serious property fire on the outskirts of Newport this afternoon (Saturday). Several appliances are on scene at Blackwater Hollow at the junction with Sandy Lane. Island Echo...

Those hoping to dance the night away at Jack up the Summer tonight (Saturday) will be disappointed to learn that the event has been cancelled for today over health and safety fears. Strong winds on site in Newport earlier on...

A Coastguard Rescue Team on the mainland were tasked to reports of a pontoon from Yarmouth adrift off Lee-on-Solent this morning (Saturday). Hillhead CRT arrived on the South Coast shore to discover the large, grey pontoon from the Royal Solent Yacht...

A tree has come down in high winds and is blocking the main road connecting Newport and Cowes this morning (Saturday). The small tree has come down across the carriageway at Horsebridge Hill, close to the pedestrian crossing. Traffic is...

Fears of a fire developing at a block of flats in Sandown prompted a sizeable response from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service earlier this morning (Saturday). 3 appliances from Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde were mobilised alongside an...