Breaking News

Firefighters from Shanklin have extinguished an out of control bonfire in Lake this afternoon (Wednesday). At around 14:00 black smoke was seen to be billowing into the skies close by to Morrisons off Newport Road, drawing the attention of nearby businesses...

UPDATED: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is attending to a woman with a severely broken ankle on Culver Down near Sandown this afternoon (Tuesday). At around 13:15  HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were...

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor are in attendance at Battery Gardens in Lake this morning (Tuesday) due to concerns for the welfare of a woman. Police were called to Talbot Road at the top of Lake Hill at...

UPDATED: Firefighters are working to free a person who is trapped inside their vehicle following a 2-car road traffic collision on Morton Road between Brading and Sandown. Emergency services were called to the incident near the junction with Morton Old Road at...

4 people have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm following an assault on a 46-year-old man at an address in Love Lane, Cowes last night (Sunday). Police have stood guard outside the property overnight and throughout this...

UPDATED: 35-year-old Kevin Finch of Church Path in East Cowes has been charged with kidnap, rape and grievous bodily harm following an attack on an 18-year-old girl in Niton on Friday. As first reported by Island Echo, the Police helicopter...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are assisting the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with rescuing a woman from the balcony of her flat in School Street, Ryde this afternoon (Saturday).  1 appliance from Ryde, an aerial ladder...

UPDATED: Detectives are tonight thought to be investigating the alleged rape of a young girl on the Isle of Wight this lunchtime (Friday). At shortly before 13:00 the National Police Air Service helicopter from Bournemouth swooped low across the Island...

UPDATED: Emergency services including Police, paramedics and a local fire crew are attending an incident on Ashey Road near Ryde this lunchtime (Thursday) in which a car has overturned and come to rest on its roof. The incident, which took...

UPDATED: The doors to Ryde Arena ice rink have been closed and locked this morning (Thursday) after bailiffs moved in overnight to repossess the property from Ryde Arena Limited on behalf of the landlord AEW Europe/BNY Mellon Trust & Depository...