First reported by Island Echo

Photo Dawn Hodge/Bembridge RNLI The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat launched down the slipway at the crack of dawn this morning (Sunday) to go to the assistance of a 33ft yacht off the Isle of Wight. Solent...

The Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance has airlifted a patient from Shalfleet to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth this afternoon (Saturday). The yellow helicopter landed in a field off Corf Road at around 14:45 following a request for assistance from...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed at Colwell Common in the West Wight this afternoon (Saturday).  Local paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (IOWAS) have met with the helicopter at the landing site just...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat was tasked to launch to the aid of a 35ft yacht during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Shortly before 02:30, Solent Coastguard received reports of a vessel with engine failure some 7 miles...

The title sponsors of Cowes Week 2019, Lendy Ltd, have entered administration today (Friday), it has been announced. Following action taken by the Finance Conduct Authority (FCA), Lendy Ltd appointed Damian Webb, Phillip Rodney Sykes and Mark John Wilson of...

The fisherman off Yaverland, Sandown Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat dashed to Sandown Bay earlier this afternoon (Friday). HM Coastguard tasked the lifeboat and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team to a potential dinghy floating out to sea off Yaverland. Bembridge's D-class lifeboat...

As the half term holidays get underway, the Isle of Wight Council has stopped children playing on swings at a playground in Sandown. The decision to close the swings at Battery Gardens at the top of Lake Hill was taken...

Red Funnel’s new freight ferry, Red Kestrel, officially entered service today (Friday 24th May) following a successful few weeks of sea trials in the Solent. Red Kestrel marks Red Funnel’s first dedicated Ro-Ro freight ship since the company’s inception almost...

Residents have hit out after a number of trees were 'mindlessly vandalised' on a quiet residential road in Ryde overnight. A series of trees that were recently planted along Mayfield Road on the fringes of Binstead have been snapped in...

The Isle of Wight Council are attempting to locate the owner of a chihuahua that was found shaven, painted and abandoned on Pan Meadows in Newport earlier this week. A concerned member of the public took the chihuahua to a...