First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are carrying out a rescue at Spinlock in Cowes this afternoon (Wednesday). An aerial ladder platform, a rescue tender and at least 2 other appliances are currently on scene off Three...

UPDATED: Multiple Police units and HM Coastguard are attending Culver Down near Sandown this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency services have taken up position at the top of the cliff having been alerted to an ongoing situation at just before 13:30. Bembridge...

UPDATED: A man has been taken to hospital tonight (Tuesday) after reportedly staggering into a Newport pub ‘covered in blood’. The unusual incident is said to have occurred sometime before 21:00 at The Crispin in Newport High Street. 4 Police...

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’,...