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UPDATED: Police, HM Coastguard, Ryde Inshore Rescue and Hovertravel have all been involved in the detention of a wanted male who walked out to sea at Ryde in a bid to evade arrest this morning (Tuesday).  At shortly before 09:00...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a car fire near to Fort Victoria Country Park in the West Wight this afternoon (Monday). At just before 16:20 Island Echo readers reported hearing a loud bang and...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Ryde, Newport and East Cowes are attending a house fire at Sloop Lane, Wootton this afternoon (Monday).  Emergency services were called to the scene next to The Sloop pub at around 13:40 following reports of a fire...

Players of The Postcode Lottery living in the Sandown Road area of Shanklin have each won a £5,000 Dream Holiday. Each and every player with the PO37 6HZ postcode will receive £4,000 in holiday vouchers plus £1,000 spending money. The...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain across the Island over the next 6 hours, a warning that is set to remain in place until 21:00 tonight (Saturday). Rain that is currently affecting parts of...

UPDATED: Rowborough Lane near Brading has been closed in a southbound direction between Carpenters Road and Brading High Street this lunchtime (Saturday) due to damage sustained to the railway bridge. Island Roads have placed an emergency closure on the main Ryde to Sandown...

UPDATED: Police have today (Friday) arrested a second man as part of an investigation into 2 separate incidents in which young teenage girls were approached by a male pretending to be an undercover Police officer last month. As previously reported by...

Photo: petdoctors.co.uk An outbreak of a deadly disease that can kill rabbits overnight has been confirmed on the Isle of Wight. Rabbit haemorrhagic disease has been present in the UK for many years and there is a successful vaccine to...

Jeff Stacey, who died at the age of 49 21-year-old Ryan Cooper from Chatfield Lodge in Newport has pleaded not guilty to the charge of manslaughter following the death of 49-year-old Gary 'Jeff' Stacey in February of this year. Cooper...

UPDATED: Paramedics are attending to a woman who has been knocked down by a car on a zebra crossing in Ryde this morning (Friday).  Emergency services are currently in attendance at the top of Union Street, where a Vauxhall Astra...