First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, HM Coastguard and Yarmouth RNLI are responding to reports of a fire on-board Wightlink's Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry this evening (Sunday).  The incident has occurred whilst crossing the Solent, just short...

A yacht taking on water to the west of The Needles was towed to safety by the RNLI this afternoon (Saturday). The incident begun shortly after midday when watch officers at The Needles Coastwatch station sighted the casualty vessel after...

UPDATED: HM Coastguard are attending an incident involving a child on Shanklin seafront this afternoon (Saturday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team are tending to the youngster, who onlookers say was in difficulty just off the shoreline. The child and their half-inflated...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision is causing delays heading in and out of East Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has taken place on the GKN roundabout at Barton and is thought to involve a motorcyclist. Police and paramedics from...

UPDATED: Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Sandown have been called to an incident at Fellowship House in Ryde this morning (Saturday). 4 pumping appliances, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit are all on scene at Green...

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are attending a crash between 2 vehicles in the car park of Tesco Ryde tonight (Friday). Emergency services were alerted to the slow speed incident at around 21:45, prompting a response from...

Photo via isleofwightwebcams.co.uk UPDATED: The volunteer crew of Selsey RNLI have, rather unusually, been tasked to assist a yacht hard aground on Ryde Sands tonight (Friday). Shortly before 19:20 a large yacht hit a sand bank off Ryde, causing the...

Fire crews from Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor are attending an alarm activation at the Island’s tallest building - Napoleon’s Landing in Sandown. The 3 appliances were mobilised by control to Sandown Esplanade at just before 16:45. Thankfully, there appears to...

UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are attending an incident at Barfield in Ryde this morning (Friday). Doctors and paramedics in the life-saving helicopter landed at Dover Park Primary...

A lucky Islander is this month celebrating after purchasing a winning National Lottery scratchcard in Shanklin. The unnamed individual paid a visit to Shanklin News on Regent Street earlier this month and purchased a £2 scratchcard. To their amazement, they...