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Red Funnel's Red Jet service between Southampton and Cowes has been suspended this morning (Friday). Service has been suspended as a result of adverse weather conditions above the operating limits of Red Jet 6. It is believed tide levels are...

18-year-old Owen Chambers, who caused serious injury to a young child through his dangerous driving, has somehow avoided an immediate jail term despite previously being told he was extremely likely to go to prison. Chambers, of Mountbatten Drive in Newport,...

The troubled Blackwater Mill Care Home on the outskirts of Newport is to close its doors following a turbulent period. Buckland Care says that the decision to close the home, off Blackwater Hollow, has been ‘incredibly difficult’, but ongoing financial...

A 48-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man have been arrested for drugs offences after Police raided a home on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Thursday). Officers from the Isle of Wight Area Crime Team executed a warrant at an...

A mugshot of prolific offender Lorelei Fisher has been released after she was jailed for 26 months for a string of new offences, including making threats to kill. The 19-year-old, formerly of Snowberry Road in Newport, was sentenced to more...

The elderly occupants of a car involved in a minor collision at Wootton this lunchtime (Wednesday) have been checked over by paramedics. Emergency services were called to High Street, at the junction for Lakeside Park Hotel, at just before 13:30....

Police have rushed to the West Wight following the discovery of suspected ordnance on farmland this afternoon (Tuesday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has confirmed that it is currently in attendance off Copse Lane, Freshwater. Island Echo is told...

The Attorney General’s Office has confirmed it has received a request to review the sentence of Isle of Wight paedophile Samuel Huckle, who walked out of court with a suspended sentence on Friday. The 20-year-old, of St Faith's Road, Cowes...

A duo of teenage boys - aged just 13 and 14 - have been arrested on suspicion of burglary following an incident in Binstead earlier today (Monday). Police were first called at 14:40 to reports of a burglary at an...

A beach in the village of Binstead has been cordoned off this afternoon (Monday) following the discovery of an unexploded pyrotechnic device. HM Coastguard first received reports of a suspected Man Overboard light and smoke signal unit on Players Beach,...