First reported by Island Echo

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a fire in the open in Newport this lunchtime (Friday). A hedge has caught light off Hinton Road and is threatening a nearby bungalow. The alarm was raised...

Tonnes of rock has crashed down onto a popular beach in Sandown Bay following a cliff fall. The significant fall has occurred at Redcliff, Yaverland between Sandown and Culver Down. It's thought the cliff face gave way either overnight or...

2 lifeboats and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams are conducting a search of Whitecliff Bay in Bembridge this afternoon (Thursday). A pair of kayakers are thought to be missing at sea, prompting a large scale search to be launched. Bembridge RNLI’s...

Alwyn Rees, Head of Marine Operations at Red Funnel Red Kestrel, the newest addition to Red Funnel’s fleet, has just arrived at her new home in Southampton early this morning (Thursday). The new freight-only Ro-Ro (roll on-roll off) vessel, sailed...

Firefighters have been mobilised to St Mary's Hospital in Newport this morning (Thursday). At least 3 appliances from Newport and Ryde have been tipped out to the hospital on Parkhurst Road. The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were...

Traffic is building in the St George's area of Newport this afternoon (Wednesday) as a result of a crash between a car and a motorcycle. Emergency services have been alerted to the road traffic collision at the Matalan roundabout at...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts from Portsmouth have been on the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Wednesday). The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were called out early this morning to establish a cordon around a piece of suspected ordnance which was...

The Isle of Wight will see temperatures of 22c this Bank Holiday weekend, according to local forecasters IW Met Service. Long sunny spells will be experienced across the Island as thousands of visitors and locals alike enjoy the long weekend...

The Isle of Wight Council are planning to effectively mothball the Island's only CCTV control room as part of their £600,000 a year PFI savings, Island Echo can reveal. At present, a specially trained team monitor the dozens of cameras dotted...

The Isle of Wight Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for fog across the Isle of Wight tonight (Tuesday) and overnight into tomorrow morning. Forecasters say that skies will clear as the night progresses and this will allow fog...