ARSON PROBE AS PROPERTY CONNECTED WITH LOCAL CRIMINAL GOES UP IN FLAMES
Police are working alongside fire service colleagues to investigate the cause of a suspicious bungalow fire in Shanklin overnight - a property connected to well-known local criminal, Ben Entwistle. As first reported by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsDRIVER ARRESTED AFTER CAR CRASHES INTO TREE AT RACECOURSE
Police are in attendance on Racecourse Roundabout at Whippingham this morning (Saturday) where a BMW has crashed into a tree. It’s said that the driver of the BMW was cut up by another vehicle - a tipper truck - leaving...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE CALLED TO SUDDEN DEATH OF 43-YEAR-OLD IN RYDE
Police are preparing a file for the coroner following the sudden death of a man in Ryde this morning (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to a property in Brook Close, Oakfield at 09:38. 2 paramedic crews from the Isle of...
Read moreDetailsTRIO ARRESTED AT GUNPOINT NICKED OVER DRUGS AND WEAPON OFFENCES CONFIRM POLICE
Reports of a man seen carrying a machete on a residential street in Ryde prompted yesterday's dramatic response from Armed Police in Wootton, it has been confirmed. As first reported by Island Echo, armed officers arrested 3 individuals in the...
Read moreDetails3 ARRESTED AT GUNPOINT OUTSIDE TESCO AS LARGE MACHETE SEIZED
3 people have been arrested at gunpoint and a machete has been seized during an incident outside Tesco Express in Wootton this afternoon (Sunday). As just before 16:00, 4 Armed officers surrounded a white Mercedes A Class in the car...
Read moreDetailsFLORAL TRIBUTES TO MURDER VICTIM DECIMATED OUTSIDE FLAT WHERE HE DIED
Floral tributes to 33-year-old Scott Cooper, who was killed inside a flat in Ryde earlier this month, have been callously destroyed. Since news of Scott's death, flowers and messages of love have been laid by family and friends directly outside...
Read moreDetails2 ISLANDERS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN FATAL CRASH AT WHIPPINGHAM
2 men in their 20s from Cowes have been tragically killed in a crash involving a car and a van at Whippingham, Police have confirmed. Emergency services were called to Whippingham Road - the main road in and out of East...
Read moreDetails1 WEEK ON: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT SCOTT COOPER’S MURDER
It was a week ago today (Tuesday) that the body of 33-year-old Scott Cooper was found in a flat in Ryde, prompting a large-scale murder investigation - Operation Amaryllis. Here is what we know about the case so far... At...
Read moreDetails2021 ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR ISLAND ECHO AS DIGITAL NEWS CONTINUES TO BOOM
2021 was another bumper year for Island Echo, not only clinching a national award but cementing our position as the Island's number 1 news website with more visitors than ever before. We are proud to say that we end what...
Read moreDetails8 WAYS TO MAKE AN ADOPTED CHILD FEEL WELCOMED AND LOVED
It’s no secret that adoption is a long-drawn and expensive process, especially for the LGBTQ community. If you have successfully jumped through all the hoops, it’s time to give your child a fresh start. Particularly, adopting an older child implies...
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