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UPDATED: Detectives from Newport CID are in attendance in Gurnard this morning (Thursday), alongside a forensic investigator. Hampshire Constabulary were called to an address on Marsh Road shortly before 09:30, prompting several units - including the Armed Response Unit - to...

Police are urging people to warn elderly friends and relatives about fraudsters after a local woman was conned out of about £26,000 last week. The 84-year-old victim was called last Wednesday (24th January) by somebody claiming to be from BT,...

UPDATED: Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are attending a 3-vehicle crash on Staplers Road in Newport this lunchtime (Wednesday). No one is thought to have been seriously injured in the smash, which has taken place near to...

UPDATED: Plans to drill for oil off the coast of the Isle of Wight have been scrapped by UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC, it has been announced today (Wednesday). The company has said that the low geological prospectivity, high environmental...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue, Southern Water and Island Roads are attending a flooding incident on Manners View in Newport this afternoon (Tuesday). A burst water main has led to large volumes of water gushing down the...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision has forced the closure of Whitcombe Road in Carisbrooke this morning (Tuesday). Emergency services are currently on scene between Cedar Hill roundabout and Whitecroft. Island Echo understands a car has crashed into a bus, however...

Bembridge RNLI have assisted in the search for a vessel in distress off Shanklin this evening (Monday). RNLB Alfred Albert Williams was launched at around 20:00 at the request of Solent Coastguard to investigate a weak Mayday call that had...

A mechanical issue with one of Wightlink's vessels has resulted in the cancellation of at least 2 sailings tomorrow morning (Tuesday). The cross-Solent operator says that the 10:00 crossing from Portsmouth and the 11:00 from Fishbourne have both been cancelled...

UPDATED: Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are responding to a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car in Freshwater this afternoon (Monday). It is reported that the motorcyclist has sustained a significant arm injury in...

UPDATED: Emergency services are responding to a single vehicle road traffic collision on Blacklands Lane near Newport this morning (Monday). A car has left the carriageway and come to rest about 15m off the road, however no one is believed to...