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Red Funnel has been forced to cancel 6 of its hi-speed Red Jet sailings this morning (Tuesday) due to staffing issues. In total 6 key commuter crossings have been pulled including the 06:05, 07:15 and 08:25 sailings from Southampton and...

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing or inciting a girl aged between 13 and 15 to engage in sexual activity after Police descended on a property in Sandown over the weekend (Sunday). Hampshire & Isle of...

Burnt cooking, which triggered a smoke alarm at a property in the West Wight, led to a call out for firefighters earlier this afternoon (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised crews from Freshwater and Southsea...

54-year-old Jason Stevenson is to appear in court charged with slashing a man's face with a knife in the rural village of Brighstone earlier this year. It was on 24th March that a man in his 20s was seriously assaulted...

2 teenage boys - aged just 13 and 15 - have been arrested after allegedly stealing a car and crashing it into the front garden of a property in Freshwater this morning (Monday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police...

A 2-car crash is blocking the main route between Newport and Yarmouth this afternoon (Sunday). Emergency crews were first called to Forest Road at around 13:50 following reports of a 2-car collision between Whitehouse Road and Snows Garage. The crash...

The body of a 29-year-old man was discovered at Thorness Bay Holiday Park yesterday (Saturday), Police have confirmed. Numerous resources from both the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary rushed to the scene at...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) was scrambled to the West Wight earlier this evening (Saturday) in response to a medical emergency in Freshwater. Having been paged from their Thruxton base at around 20:15, didn’t long for...

A 32-year-old and a 24-year-old have been arrested following a serious assault at a residential property in Binstead earlier this week. Police were called to a property on Jellicoe Road at around 10:30 on Thursday morning having received reports of...

Delays are being experienced on a main route out of Newport this morning (Thursday) as a result of a crash which has seen a BMW career into a hedge. A single pumping appliance from Newport and Police were first called...