A power cut has hit hundreds of properties in Wootton and Binstead this morning as families wake on Christmas Day. 144 postcodes in the PO33 region lost power at around 08:30, throwing plans for Christmas dinner into turmoil. Electricity has...

A high speed pursuit of a vehicle which failed to stop for Police has come to an end in the heart of Cowes tonight (Tuesday).  Island Echo readers have reported seeing an unmarked Police car from the Joint Operations Unit...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will now not be operating after 12:30 on Christmas Day until first thing on Boxing Day, the Isle of Wight Council has announced. The floating bridge had originally been scheduled to be out of service from...

Sandown will be celebrating the start of 2020 and the new decade in style this New Years Day. After the cancellation of the town's November Celebrations this year due to horrendous weather conditions, Sandown Carnival Association decided that they would...

A Sandown-based company has delivered an early Christmas gift to Beaulieu House – a cheque for £1,670. ICRTouch visited Beaulieu House, the Island’s children’s home and overnight respite centre for those with challenging disabilities, to present the money to the...

IW Met Service has issued a Christmas forecast for the Isle of Wight - but does it include snow? Unfortunately, it won't be a 'Wight' Christmas this year with temperatures sitting between 7c-8c. Showers will clear away as this evening...

Islanders are being invited to brave the cold to help those affected by cancer at the 2020 New Year’s Day Dip, hosted by Wessex Cancer Trust. The third annual event takes place outside The Salix Cafe on Shanklin’s Small Hope...

Police, fire and ambulance crews are all responding to a road traffic collision on Middle Road between Chessell and Tapnell this lunchtime (Christmas Eve). A minibus and a people carrier are reported to have been involved in the collision on...

Police on the Isle of Wight are hunting for a male wanted in connection with an assault on a 20-year-old woman in Lake last Friday. Shocking photos have been circulating on social media showing 20-year-old Yavana Dix covered in blood....

Bembridge RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat has been launched to conduct a medical evacuation of an individual from a vessel off the coast of the Isle of Wight this lunchtime (Christmas Eve). At just before 11:30, Solent Coastguard requested the launch...