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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...