First reported by Island Echo

An emergency closure has been put in place on Green Street in Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday) due to a burst water main. Southern Water engineers are on site and are preparing to commence repairs to the 2-inch pipe. The burst...

Freshwater Independent Lifeboat, Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat and Ryde Inshore Rescue have jointly received almost £90,000 from the government to help keep Islanders and visitors safe. Water rescue charities across the country have been awarded £1million in funding for vital...

UPDATED: Police have this morning (Monday) detained a man after he entered a school in Ryde 'armed with a syringe' before taking up position on a rooftop. Officers were called to the scene on West Street, Ryde at around 10:40...

Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat launched to the aid of a yacht in trouble in the Solent this afternoon (Sunday). The Tamar class All Weather Lifeboat was launched at the request of Solent Coastguard at around 14:10 to assist ‘Wanderer’, a 40ft...

Police, HM Coastguard, the National Police Air Service Helicopter and Ryde Inshore Rescue were all involved in the search for a missing 7-year-old boy near East Cowes earlier this afternoon (Sunday). A full scale search operation was launched shortly before...

Fire crews have been in attendance at Yarmouth Harbour this afternoon (Sunday) following reports of a boat fire. 2 appliances from Freshwater and Yarmouth were mobilised to the quayside at 13:00, just half an hour after standing down from the...

UPDATED: A 31-year-old woman from Newport has been arrested by Police as part of an investigation into an alleged act of online grooming. Officers made an arrest yesterday morning (Saturday) following initial investigations made by ‘The Guardians of the North’,...

The main set of traffic lights at the busy Newport Road/High Street junction in Lake have failed this morning (Sunday), resulting in temporary lights being erected.  Motorists can expect delays on all approaches throughout today and potentially into the new...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Station Road in Wootton this afternoon (Saturday). A white VW Golf has come to a stop side-on across the road near to The Woodman’s Arms pub after colliding with a...

UODATED: Cross-Solent operator Wightlink has cancelled a number of sailings on its Yarmouth to Lymington service tomorrow morning (Friday). A plumbing issue on board one of the car ferries means thats 6 sailings have been withdrawn for Friday, alongside the 19:05...