First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight’s county town, Newport, has been plunged into a level of darkness tonight (Thursday) as a result of a failure with the street lights. Most of Newport is without working street lighting at the moment, including...

Ryde Inshore Rescue went to the aid of a rigid inflatable that was drifting helplessly towards the main Solent shipping lane yesterday evening (Tuesday). At around 17:00 Solent Coastguard tasked Ryde Rescue 1 to a vessel, with 3 persons on...

UPDATED: A water main has burst on Ashey Road in Ryde this morning (Wednesday) leaving hundreds of homes and businesses without running water. The incident has occurred at the junction with Bettesworth Road and has resulted in water coming up...

UPDATED: Freedom 90, a hovercraft that has been serving Hovertravel’s Ryde to Southsea route for over 25 years, has been removed from the fleet. The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that the AP1-88 craft has been retired with immediate effect. She left...

UPDATED: Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a device that is believed to have been handed into Newport Police Station earlier today (Monday).  The Portsmouth-based team arrived at the police station in the heart...

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor assisted the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with rescuing a 10-year-old boy with suspected spinal injuries yesterday afternoon (Sunday). The 2 teams were called to Smuggler's Haven near Luccombe at around 16:00 to...

UPDATED: The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge has been pulled from service this morning (Monday) due to fears of hitting the wall on the East Cowes side of the River Medina. Staff have moored the vessel up at the Cowes slipway...

Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team have been stood down from an incident near Fort Victoria this afternoon (Sunday). Solent Coastguard tasked the All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) from Yarmouth to launch at around 15:15 following reports of...

The occupants of a Nissan Micra have escaped injury after the car hit a bank and rolled onto its roof on Brading Downs.  Police are currently on scene at the incident near the junction with Upper Adgestone Road having been...

A 40ft yacht that run aground off Egypt Point this afternoon (Saturday) has been assisted into Cowes Harbour by Cowes RNLI Lifeboat. The volunteer RNLI crew were tasked to launch their Atlantic 85 Lifeboat shortly before 16:45 after the casualty...