Breaking News

Over 500 homes and businesses are without power in the Sandown, Lake and Brading areas this afternoon (Thursday). 31 known postcode areas have been affected by the outage. Southern and Scottish Electricity Networks (SSEN) are aware and engineers are investigating...

Islanders are being warned about the potential for travel disruption tonight (Wednesday) and into tomorrow morning as the Met Office issue a yellow weather warning for fog. Fog patches are likely to form during the early part of this evening,...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of action from 19:00 this evening (Wednesday) and again tomorrow night as part of the current trial period to look at potential ways to improve the performance of the vessel. It has been...

Police are making enquiries following reports of a naked man jumping out of a bush and flashing at a dog walker in Newport this morning (Tuesday). The female victim was walking along the Newport to Shide cycle path sometime before...

Tributes have been paid to a great-grandfather who died following a collision in Ryde on Sunday. Ivor Millard, 84, of Haylands in Ryde, died as a result of a single vehicle collision on St John’s Road, as previously reported by...

43-year-old Richard Moore of Newport has been charged with attempting to groom a child and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. The Islander was arrested by Police at Portswood Road, Southampton on Saturday afternoon following an online sting...

UPDATED: Hovertravel's cross-Solent service between Ryde and Southsea has been suspended this afternoon (Monday) due to technical issues. Earlier this afternoon it was announced that a shuttle service was in operation, but that has since been upgraded to a full...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are dealing with a pick-up fire in the car park of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway this afternoon (Monday). Fire crews were called to the scene off Station Road at...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Ryde yesterday morning (Sunday). Officers were called to St John’s Road after receiving reports of a single vehicle collision, as first reported by Island Echo. A Mitsubishi Space...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are working to free a donkey that has become stuck down a drain in Wroxall.  Crews from Sandown, Shanklin and Newport are on scene at the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary...