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Police are seeking the driver of a dark coloured hatchback that slammed into the back of another vehicle and then sped away near Yarmouth this morning (Bank Holiday Monday). It was just before 11:30 that the 2-car collision occurred on...

Coastguards are on scene at Ventnor Esplanade where a high-powered RIB has come ashore, with the unusual circumstances of the situation prompting Police to be called. The incident began shortly before 03:20 this morning (Bank Holiday Monday) when the activation...

There is significant disruption for those travelling into Cowes as a result of a crash involving 2 cars at Vittlefields Cross - on the diversion route between Newport and Cowes. Police have closed Forest Road in both directions between Whitehouse...

Reports of a man breaking into a van in broad daylight have led to an arrest in Ventnor this lunchtime (Sunday). Police were deployed to the seaside town at just before 11:00 this morning when force control received a report...

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst unfit through drugs after he rolled his van onto its roof in Ryde late last night (Saturday). It was at around 22:00 that emergency services were called to St John’s...

The driver of a Renault Clio van is being checked over by paramedics after rolling the vehicle onto its roof in Ryde - without hitting any objects or other vehicles. Emergency services are currently on scene at St John’s Road...

Firefighters are tackling a fire that has broken out within the wreck of the former paddle steamer Ryde Queen at Island Harbour this afternoon (Saturday). 2 appliances from Ryde and Newport have been mobilised to the harbour on the outskirts...

Police investigating a series of incidents on the Isle of Wight, in which a jewellers, corner shop, community honesty shop and containers were targeted, have made an arrest. It was yesterday that Island Echo first reported that Hampshire & Isle of...

The much-loved Isle of Wight retailer W Hurst & Son has announced that it intends to close it’s Ventnor and Freshwater branches, and has put it Shanklin branch at risk of closure. After 166 years of trading, a shifting retail...

Police have launched a large-scale investigation after a jewellers, corner shop, community honesty shop and containers were targeted on the Isle of Wight overnight. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has confirmed that it is investigating a series of burglaries...