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Police have charged 32-year-old Adam Ghali from Upper Green Road, St Helens with robbery following an incident at The Co-Operative in West Street, Ryde on Saturday night. As first reported by Island Echo, a man entered the local corner shop at...

UPDATED: A joint investigation into the cause of a property fire which broke out in Shanklin during the early hours is continuing this morning (Tuesday). Officers from both Hampshire Constabulary and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are examining...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a property fire on Avenue Road in Shanklin this morning (Tuesday). 4 appliances from Shanklin, Sandown and Ryde - plus the aerial ladder platform and Incident Command Unit from...

Firefighters have tackled a shed fire in Newport this afternoon (Sunday). 3 appliances from Newport and Cowes were mobilised to School Lane off Staplers Road at just before 16:15, however the Cowes appliance was quickly stood down. The 2 remaining...

UPDATED: Ryde Inshore Rescue have launched to the aid of a jet ski and it's rider off Ryde Sands this afternoon (Sunday).  Solent Coastguard tasked the independent lifeboat station to launch at around 16:00. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team are on scene...

UPDATED: Police and paramedics are attending a 2-car road traffic collision in Cowes this afternoon (Sunday). 2 ambulances and a rapid response paramedic have been mobilised to the scene on Newport Road at the junction with Mill Hill Road. No one...

UPDATED: Police have tonight (Saturday) arrested a man in connection with an armed robbery at The Co-Operative store in West Street, Ryde. Just an hour ago, at just before 20:50, an assailant entered the store armed with a knife before threatening...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are responding to a road traffic collision on Halletts Shute near Yarmouth this afternoon (Saturday). Island Echo understands a car has rolled and come to...

UPDATED: Police have erected a cordon around part of a shopping arcade in Shanklin this morning (Saturday). An officer is standing guard at the cordon on Palmerston Road, with what appears to be shards of a glass bottle smashed on...

UPDATED: Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor are in attendance at Culver Down alongside Police this morning (Saturday) over concerns for the welfare of a man. Rescue Teams are standing by as Police talk to the individual, who is at...