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ISLE OF WIGHT WEST - 2024 RESULTS Seely CON 10,063 Quigley LABOUR 13,240 ELECTED Palin GREEN 2,310 Stuart Lib Dems 2,726 Pickering Reform 5,834 Thacker ADF 117 Richard Quigley has been elected as the Isle of Wight's first-ever Labour MP...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is responding to an electrical fire at Tesco Express in Wootton this afternoon (Thursday). 3 appliances and an aerial ladder platform are at the scene off the High Street, where shoppers...

Power tools and an electric bike were stolen during a burglary in Thorley overnight. A gate to a residential property on Main Road was opened sometime between 21:00 last night and 02:30 this morning (Thursday) before a locked garage was...

A 28-year-old man from Bembridge is in custody after an air pistol and 2 knives were found in the back of his crashed car, which he is suspected to have been driving whilst drunk. Police and paramedics were called to...

Polling stations have now closed Polling stations across the Isle of Wight have opened this morning (Thursday) as the country votes in the General Election. But what are the dos and don'ts when it comes to voting...? Island Echo has...

A collision involving 2 cars and a bus has blocked the main road between St Helens and Bembridge this evening (Wednesday). Police are on scene at the bottom of Kings Road - near The Pilot Boat Inn - where a...

The driver of a Ford Fiesta has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst impaired through drink or drugs following an early morning collision in Ventnor. Police were called to Spring Hill in the town at 06:31 this morning (Wednesday)...

Hovertravel has been forced to suspend its Ryde-Southsea service this afternoon (Tuesday) due to a technical issue. The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that services have been halted due to an issue arising with 1 of its craft, understood to be...

Red Funnel has announced that it is building a brand new, all-electric Red Jet that will enter service between West Cowes and Southampton next year. In partnership with leading maritime technology company, Artemis Technologies, a zero-emission, electric e-foiling passenger ferry...

An electronic bingo board catching fire led to a call out to Ryde for Isle of Wight fire crews this lunchtime (Tuesday). At just before midday, appliances from Ryde, Newport and Sandown were mobilised to Star Street when a fire...