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Hampshire Constabulary have said they are continuing to review their security plans and capability, including around all pre-planned events such as the Isle of Wight Festival, following last night's horrific terror attack in Manchester. Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney has given...

Screened wastewater is being released into the Solent following the failure of a Southern Water pumping station in East Cowes, although the company are working towards resolving the situation. Southern Water have confirmed that they have an ongoing technical problem with...

UPDATED: A power cut is affecting homes and businesses in and around Wootton this morning (Tuesday). In total 147 postcode areas have been affected by the outage, which hit at around 07:30. Southern and Scottish Electricity Networks say they are working...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating an attempted burglary in Totland Bay during the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday). Hampshire Constabulary say the incident occurred at around 04:00 and that 3 men were seen acting suspiciously in a...

Scottish-based contact centre management specialist, Ascensos, has been revealed as the company opening a new customer service centre on the Isle of Wight, creating up to 600 new jobs. It is known that the company's operations will be located in Cowes,...

UPDATED: A series of red distress flares have been spotted in the skies above Newport tonight (Sunday). Several Island Echo readers have reported seeing 4 parachute flares near to Shide, thought to have been set off on or near Bluebell Meadows...

Ryde Inshore Rescue came to the aid of 2 different vessels on the Solent this afternoon (Sunday). The first shout came in at 12:15 when a 7m rib with 6 persons on board - including 2 children - hit Ryde Sands...

More than 7 Police units have descended on Cowes this afternoon (Saturday) in a bid to locate a missing child.  Police were called to the town at around 16:45 when it was reported that a child had suddenly gone missing....

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at The Foyer in Ryde this morning (Saturday).  3 appliances from Ryde are on the scene at George Street having been mobilised to reports of a fire at the...

UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are attending a minor road traffic collision on Newport Road in Lake this morning (Friday).  The driver of a Ford Fiesta has crashed into a wall outside Central convienance store, resulting in debris being spread...