First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED: Island Line services have been suspended this afternoon (Sunday) due to a points failure on the line. Engineers are currently on site at Smallbrook Junction between Ryde and Brading and are working to resolve the issue. Trains between Ryde...

Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat (SSILB) went to the aid of a 24ft boat with engine failure during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). Solent Coastguard tasked the independent lifeboat station to launch at just before 02:30 following reports...

UPDATED: Bembridge RNLI were kept busy on the water yesterday (Saturday) with no less than 4 call outs within the space of just a few hours. The All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) was first tasked at 14:06 to ascertain the circumstances of...

UPDATED: Police are in attendance at Culver Down near Sandown this evening (Saturday) as they search for a missing person with the assistance of HM Coastguard. Multiple Police vehicles have gathered in one of the viewpoint car parks on the...

Ryde Inshore Rescue went to the aid of a disabled man and his quadski following a mechanical breakdown off Ryde this afternoon (Friday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Ryde Rescue 1 at around 15:05 following a report of a...

UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision involving a cyclist and a car on The Downs this evening (Thursday). The incident, at the turning for Brading Downs Road, has resulted in the injured rider coming to rest...

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat conducted a large search for a possible object in the water off the coast of the Isle of Wight yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). A 25ft motorboat started taking on water after hitting what the crew thought...

Hovertravel have cancelled a number of crossings between Ryde and Southsea tomorrow morning (Thursday) due to technical issues. The 16:45 Hover from Southsea is said to have experienced an engine breakdown which led to a shuttle service being put into...

The victim of Friday night's fatal road traffic collision on Military Road has been named as 30-year-old Steven Harry Thurman of Victoria Road, Freshwater. Mr Thurman died after the vehicle he was travelling in, a Daewoo Tacuma, left the carriageway...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a trailer fire in Arreton this lunchtime (Wednesday).  An air conditioning unit attached to a cement trailer has caught alight prompting 2 appliances from Newport and Shanklin to mobilise to...