First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED: Emergency services are currently attending a road traffic collision on St George's Way in Newport, which is causing traffic delays in the area this morning (Saturday). 2 vehicles have collided head-on between the new Asda roundabout and the entrance to St...

Fairweather Festival - to take place on Saturday 2nd September - has added even more top artists to its line up, completing the bill for 2017. Fresh from an incredible performance on the Isle of Wight Festival's Big Top stage, Lucy...

The Isle of Wight Council has announced that from 22:30 tonight (Friday) a foot passenger only service will operate on the Cowes Floating Bridge before 07:00 each morning. Between the hours of 22:30 - 07:00 each day, until further notice,...

UPDATED: A motor cruiser that polluted a section of Sandown beach with oil and diesel when it washed ashore during the early hours of Thursday morning is to be lifted onto a lorry first thing tomorrow morning (Saturday). Island Roads...

UPDATED: Yarmouth RNLI, the Needles Coastguard Rescue Team and Police are currently involved in the search for a possible missing person in Freshwater. An extensive search is underway on both land and sea surrounding The Albion Hotel at Freshwater Bay. Yarmouth's...

UPDATED: A 36ft motor cruiser has sunk on Sandown Beach after dragging its anchor, running aground and becoming holed overnight.  HM Coastguard are working with other agencies to arrange recovery of the vessel 'Barracuda III' from its listed position near...

An unoccupied car has come to rest in the front garden of a house in Gurnard this afternoon (Monday). The Ford Mondeo estate is said to have rolled down Solent View Road before mounting a patch of grass and smashing...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain, with forecasters saying that thundery showers with frequent lightning is possible. Rain is expected to move north across southern parts of the UK throughout Tuesday evening and although...

UPDATED: Those travelling across the Solent to and from the Island face disruption on 2 separate routes this morning (Monday).  Red Funnel have cancelled a number of vehicle ferry sailings between East Cowes and Southampton due to technical issues. The...

UPDATED: Police, WightSAR and the National Police Air Service helicopter are all currently involved in an ongoing search for a missing person in Wroxall. At 17:30 the Island's volunteer search and rescue team, WightSAR, were called out to help in the...