First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED: Ryde Inshore Rescue has launched at the request of Solent Coastguard this evening (Friday). The independent lifeboat station were tasked to the currently unknown incident at 19:15. Ryde Rescue 1 - the charity's largest lifeboat - is currently conducting...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for torrential rain and thunderstorms over the weekend and into Bank Holiday Monday. As much as 30mm, possibly 40mm of rain an hour could fall in places and lightning strikes are...

A careless driver almost became carless after losing control and putting the vehicle onto 2 wheels just seconds after narrowly avoiding an oncoming bus near Newport this afternoon (Thursday). At around 16:30 the blue Citoren Saxo overtook a vehicle on Whiterails Road,...

The offending appliance outside Knights Court UPDATED: Fire crews are in attendance at a block of flats in Ventnor this evening (Thursday) where a small kitchen top appliance has caught fire. Crews from Ryde, Shanklin and Ventnor were mobilised to Knights...

UPDATED: Passengers on board Wightlink's Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service are currently stuck on board following a mechanical failure with the linkspan at Fishbourne. Those on board the 22:00 sailing from Portsmouth are yet to disembark from the ferry as the lower...

44-year-old David Warner of Field Lane, St Helens has been charged with 1 count of possession of a bladed article in a public place and 1 count of robbery in connection with an armed robbery at St Helens Post Office yesterday...

UPDATED: Police are in attendance at St Helens Post Office this evening (Tuesday) following what is understood to be a robbery. Several officers are on scene - including the Island's Armed Response Unit - having been alerted to the incident at...

UPDATED: A power cut is affecting homes and businesses in and around Wootton this morning (Tuesday). In total 147 postcode areas have been affected by the outage, which hit at around 07:30. Southern and Scottish Electricity Networks say they are working...

UPDATED: A series of red distress flares have been spotted in the skies above Newport tonight (Sunday). Several Island Echo readers have reported seeing 4 parachute flares near to Shide, thought to have been set off on or near Bluebell Meadows...

Ryde Inshore Rescue came to the aid of 2 different vessels on the Solent this afternoon (Sunday). The first shout came in at 12:15 when a 7m rib with 6 persons on board - including 2 children - hit Ryde Sands...