The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are hoping to teach 1,000 Islanders how to perform effective, life-saving CPR during this year's World Restart a Heart Day on Tuesday 16th October. Restart a Heart is a designated yearly day of action...

UPDATED: 45-year-old David Soppitt is to appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Friday) charged with possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and drink driving following an incident in Winford yesterday (Thursday). It...

Council Leaders across the Solent region have expressed their shock and disappointment at news the government has dismissed the area's devolution bid. The 3 council's involved in submitting the bid for a Solent Combined Authority in 2016, the Isle of...

UPDATED: 33-year-old Matthew Emson of Albert Street in Ventnor has been charged with numerous offences, including attempted robbery, following an incident involving an axe in Ventnor yesterday afternoon (Thursday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to the...

79 people were killed or seriously injured on the Island's roads in 2017, according to the latest figures released by the Department for Transport. The hard-hitting statistics look at all incidents in which someone was killed or seriously injured (KSI)...

A new project which aims to work closely with local Neighbourhood Watch schemes across the Isle of Wight has been successfully launched at an event in Ryde. Age UK Isle of Wight’s new ‘Neighbourhood Watch Plus’ project sets out to...

UPDATED: Ferries have been cancelled and high speed services are running with delays due to the foggy conditions on the Solent this morning (Friday). Wightlink have cancelled the 06:40 car ferry sailing from Lymington and the 07:50 from Yarmouth due...

The doors to Central Convenience on Victoria Street in Ventnor have been firmly shut following the closure of the store today (Thursday). As first reported by Island Echo, the future of Central in Ventnor was looking uncertain towards the end of...

A group of hooded youths have been blamed for a series of acts of criminal damage against residents and businesses in Sandown this week. The first incident occurred on Saturday night into Sunday morning when persons forced entry to an...

UPDATED: Police on the Isle of Wight have responded to the attempted robbery of a Post Office in Ventnor by a man 'armed with an axe'. Officers descended on High Street, Ventnor at around 15:50 this afternoon with units responding from...