First reported by Island Echo

Photo thanks to Jenson Cooper UPDATED: Firefighters are tackling a large fire in the rear garden of a property in Ryde this evening (Monday). 2 appliances from Ryde are in attendance on Longmead Road and are using a hose reel and...

Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team, Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter, Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat and Police have all been involved in a rescue operation off Ventnor Esplanade this afternoon (Monday). Solent Coastguard were alerted to a kayaker in difficulty off Ventnor at around...

PHOTO GALLERY: A capsized boat has been hauled ashore by Freshwater Independent Lifeboat this afternoon (Monday).  The volunteer crew were called into action at just before 13:40 when a small pleasure boat started taking on water around 1 mile south...

A vulnerable man was rescued by HM Coastguard and the Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat early this morning (Monday). Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor were called to Luccombe at around 03:30 following reports to Solent Coastguard that a...

The 2 men just small dots on the horizon, as seen from Ryde Ryde Inshore Rescue successfully located and rescued 2 paddle boarders on the Solent this afternoon (Saturday). The independent lifeboat was tasked by Solent Coastguard at 13:16 to...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a wood pile fire on a farm near Alverstone this morning (Saturday). Crews from Newport and Sandown were called to Borthwood Farm on Alverstone Road at just before 23:30, with...

A woman has been conveyed to St Mary's Hospital after being hit by the boom of a boat in Cowes this evening (Friday). At just before 17:30 Cowes RNLI lifeboat was tasked to Shepards Marina by Solent Coastguard following reports...

30-year-old Peter Kilshaw of Terminus Road, Cowes has been named as the victim of Wednesday's fatal road traffic collision between Shalfleet and Porchfield. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to the scene of the crash on...

Fears that a large fire had broken out in a multi-storey building on Nelson Street in Ryde prompted a significant response from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service earlier this afternoon (Thursday). 6 appliances from Ryde, East Cowes,...

A 30-year-old man from Cowes has been killed in a road traffic collision between Shalfleet and Porchfield, Hampshire Constabulary have confirmed. Emergency services, including the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, were called to the scene at around 17:50...