First reported by Island Echo

If you're heading out to the shops or your local fast food chain this evening (Thursday) you might want to take some loose change with you as card payments are down across the country. Lidl in Shanklin and Newport, McDonalds...

The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team have been deployed across the Solent to the Isle of Wight this evening (Thursday). Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts are thought to be in attendance off Arctic Road in Cowes, where a piece of...

Firefighters have used a high pressure hose to extinguish a small fire in the kitchen of a property in Totland this evening (Thursday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called out to Alum Bay Old Road shortly...

Islanders will be swapping their T-shirts for jumpers this Bank Holiday weekend as an arctic blast is set to hit the UK, bringing temperatures as low as freezing to our shores. According to Isle of Wight weather forecasters IW Met...

Bomb Disposal experts from the Royal Logistic Corps have carried out a controlled explosion on a number of flares on the beach at Yaverland this lunchtime (Wednesday). The Aldershot-based team were deployed to the Isle of Wight earlier this morning...

One of the founding members of the pop group Level 42, Rowland Charles 'Boon' Gould, has died at the age of 64. Boon was discovered at his home in Dorset on Tuesday morning, Police have confirmed. Born in Shanklin back...

An injured woman has been airlifted from Grange Chine directly to St Mary’s Hospital by Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter tonight (Tuesday). The rescue operation swung into action earlier on this evening after the individual fell and injured herself whilst climbing the...

The driver of a Hyundai had a shock when they returned to their vehicle to find it blocking a main road in Shanklin this lunchtime (Tuesday). The vehicle, which was initially parked on Steephill Road, is thought to have rolled...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending what has been described as a potential hazardous materials incident in Sandown this morning (Tuesday). 1 appliance from Shanklin is on scene at a block of flats on Leed Street,...

An aerial ladder platform has been sent from Newport to assist in evacuating an injured man from a property in Bembridge tonight (Monday). Kings Road has been closed in both directions whilst the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service...