First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: A Royal Navy Merlin helicopter belonging to the Commando Helicopter Force unexpectedly landed in Sandown last night (Tuesday) after the military giant developed a technical issue. Whilst on a normal night time training operation over the Isle of Wight, the 846...

UPDATED: Red Funnel's East Cowes to Southampton car ferry service is delayed by up to 2 hours this morning (Tuesday) due to a link span problem at the Southampton terminal. The 07:15 sailing from East Cowes arrived at the mainland...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision between a motorcyclist and a van on Parkhurst Road in Newport this lunchtime (Monday). The incident has taken place just outside St Mary's Hospital at the pedestrian crossing on the southbound...

PHOTO GALLERY: A motor cruiser that washed ashore and became wrecked on Sandown Beach last week has finally been removed. As first reported by Island Echo, the 'Barracuda III' left Hayling Island last Wednesday before motoring towards Sandown Bay. Although the...

UPDATED: The main road into St Helens has been closed for emergency carriageway repairs after the road began to crumble on Saturday evening. Following a significant downpour of rain at around dinnertime, the road resurface lifted and what has been...

Bembridge RNLI lifeboat was launched at the request of Solent Coastguard earlier this evening (Sunday) following the activation of an emergency signal. The All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) was tasked at 18:40 to conduct an expanding box search to the south...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat launched to aid in the search for 2 sailors who had gone overboard from a yacht on the Solent this afternoon (Sunday). The volunteer crew were tasked by Solent Coastguard at 12:36 - for the first time...

Coastguard Rescue Teams, Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter and paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service have worked together in challenging circumstances to rescue a collapsed man at Devils Chimney near Bonchurch this afternoon (Sunday). A multi-agency search and rescue operation...

An appeal for information has been launched by Police after a 17-year-old boy was robbed in Sandown on Thursday. The incident took place in broad daylight outside Sandown Library sometime between 11:30 and 12:30 on 20th July. The victim was...

A 59-year-old woman has been charged with drink driving after a car crashed into a building in Sandown last night (Saturday). Police were called to the scene on Wilkes Road off the High Street at shortly before 19:30 when a...