A man with a hip injury prompted a callout for Bembridge and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Teams this afternoon (Sunday). Emergency services including St John's Ambulance paramedics working on behalf of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service attended the scene on...

An Isle of Wight bodybuilder and personal trainer has gained high places in a national competition. Will George has been competing the bodybuilding world for over 6 years, and last weekend travelled to the Braywick Leisure Centre in Maidenhead to...

Officers investigating an incident that saw a 95-year-old woman burgled in Freshwater have released an image of a man they would like to speak to. Sometime between midday and 13:00 on Sunday 1st August, the victim was at home on...

Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council are working with local contractor NDL Electrical Ltd to provide this year’s Christmas lights and the decision has mean made to extend it to entries from young people across the whole Island. As a way...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has launched its newly redesigned and reconfigured web portal, Power Track. New updates include an electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint locator, improved optimisation for mobile devices, and an easier process for customers to report, track...

Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones is pleased to announce that additional funding has been secured to support victims of sexual crime and domestic abuse. In June, Police and Crime Commissioners were invited to collate bids for two national pots...

The RSPCA Isle of Wight branch is appealing for new homes for 2 shelter dogs in their care as it calls for people to ‘Adopt not shop’ for new pets. Research has estimated that around 130,000 dogs come into UK...

Hampshire Constabulary is appealing to the public to help locate a missing 49-year-old woman from Newport. As first reported by Island Echo, a missing person search was launched this afternoon involving police, WightSAR, and the National Police Air Service helicopter....

An open day at Cowes RNLI lifeboat station was quickly abandoned when the crew was paged with an immediate launch request this afternoon (Saturday). HM Coastguard requested the crew to launch immediately and assist with an ongoing rescue across the...

The National Police Air Service helicopter is taking part in a missing person search near Newport this afternoon (Saturday). The black and yellow NPAS helicopter was first spotted above the skies of Newport at approximately 16:50 after arriving from its...