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HM Revenue and Customs officers have arrested a 40-year-old man and a 38-year-old women on the Isle of Wight today (Friday) as part of an investigation into suspected VAT fraud totaling over £100,000. The unnamed local business couple were arrested at a...

Jolyon Wray/Hampshire Constabulary UPDATED: 53-year-old Deborah Ann Napier has been found guilty of murdering local man Jolyon Wray by stabbing him in the back with a 5-inch steak knife. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Leavington House on...

UPDATED: Police and ambulance crews are attending a road traffic collision on Horsebridge Hill between Newport and Cowes this morning (Thursday), which has resulted in the closure of the main road. Island Echo understands a motorcyclist has been thrown from their...

UPDATED: Emergency services are responding to a 2-car road traffic collision on Forest Road in Newport this afternoon (Wednesday). The main Yarmouth to Newport road is partially blocked by the incident, which has occurred at the junction with Whiterails Road...

UPDATED: A car has left the carriageway and come to rest in a field off Middle Road near Freshwater tonight (Monday). Emergency services, including the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, are currently in attendance at the scene near Broad...

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast for tomorrow (Tuesday), coinciding with a yellow weather warning for strong winds. Another area of deep, low pressure is moving its way across the South overnight...

The adverse weather conditions being experienced across the Isle of Wight this week are to continue, as the Met Office issue a yellow weather warning for strong winds tomorrow (Tuesday). Forecasters are warning that southwesterly winds will increase tonight and...

The Met Office has issued another weather warning for heavy rain from 03:00 tomorrow morning (Monday). A further broad area of heavy, persistent rain will extend northwards across southwest England and Wales between 03:00 and 23:55 tomorrow, although the Isle of...

                     We have now concluded our live coverage of Storm Angus after more than 80 separate updates over the past 24 hours. Thank you to the thousands of Island Echo readers who...

Following significant pressures on the health and care system across the Island over the last 24 hours and difficulties in discharging patients from St Mary’s Hospital, it has been necessary to postpone routine in-patient and day case surgery today (Friday) say...