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The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is in attendance at an incident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in Newport Town Centre this lunchtime (Friday). The incident has occurred outside the entrance to the Morrisons and M&S car...

Police are carrying out a search of the derelict Ocean Hotel in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday) following reports of an incident involving a man with a knife.  A number of officers - including those from the Joint Operations Unit -...

Island Line train services between Ryde and Shanklin have been suspended this afternoon (Thursday) due to a points failure. The failure means that no trains are currently able to operate between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin. Disruption is expected to...

Island Line trains between Ryde and Shanklin have been suspended this morning (Saturday) due to an obstruction on the track. Adverse weather conditions are continuing to affect the Island and are now thought to have brought a tree down across...

Police have erected a cordon around the entrance to Shanklin Train Station following an incident overnight. A large area immediately outside the station building has been cordoned off with officers guarding the scene. Island Echo understands the incident occurred late...

Police have established a crime scene and a forensics tent has been erected at a residential property in the middle of Ryde this morning (Friday). Crime scene investigators from Hampshire Constabulary are currently on scene at Nelson Street in the...

Read the latest on the search for 45-year-old Christopher Wray here: https://www.islandecho.co.uk/publics-help-sought-in-finding-missing-45-year-old-man/ Police have launched a search for a high risk missing person in the Mottistone area this afternoon (Monday), with volunteer search and rescue technicians called in to assist....

Culver Parade in Sandown has been closed by Police in both directions following an earlier road traffic incident involving a bus, which has left 2 people injured. At around 14:30 a number of resources from the Isle of Wight Ambulance...

Residents in the St Johns and Monktonmead area of Ryde have been issued with a warning from the Environment Agency as over a month's worth of rain has fallen this morning (Monday) alone. Earlier this morning a flood alert was...

Emergency services are attending a serious road traffic collision on Whiterails Road between Wootton and Newport this evening (Thursday). Police, ambulance and fire crews, including fire appliances from Ryde and Newport, are on scene near to Butterfly World having been...