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A man has suffered serious burns following a fire at a property in Sandford in the early hours of this morning (Sunday). Emergency service personnel were called to the scene on Shanklin Road at just before 02:00 this morning. It...

HM Coastguard Crews on scene last night. Three people have been taken to hospital following an incident that saw a boat crash into Gosport Marina last night (Saturday), just hours after the same vessel collided with the breakwater off the...

A search by land, sea and air to find a ‘crashed boat’ last night was called off in the early hours of this morning (Sunday) after nothing was located. As first reported by Island Echo, several calls were made to...

A search by land, sea and air is underway in the North Wight this evening (Saturday) to locate a stranded motor vessels. The mayday call first came in at about 21:15 this evening, with initial fears that the vessel has...

Police are investigating an incident involving a ‘dangerous dog’ after a woman reported that she had been bitten whilst walking in Ryde earlier this week. A spokesperson from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has said: “We have received a...

A Ryde woman has been charged with drink driving following a 2-car crash in Shalfleet yesterday evening (Friday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police, fire and ambulance were called to the scene A3054 Main Road at Shalfleet at around...

Emergency services are responding to a 2-car crash in Shalfleet this evening (Friday). Police, fire and ambulance crews are on scene at A3054 Main Road. Island Echo understands 2 vehicles have been involved on the west side of the traffic...

4 men have been arrested in connection with suspected rogue trading after an elderly woman was left feeling frightened in East Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). The group of males were detained by Police on Hefford Road whilst power washing the...

Red Funnel has announced that it is having to pull 1 of its 3 vehicle ferries from service next week to fix an issue with the passenger gangway, resulting in a number of cancellations on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The...

A stop and search on a 25-year-old woman in Ryde resulted in the discovery of a quantity of drugs, with a further search of her home address turning up more cocaine and cannabis. At dinnertime yesterday (Tuesday), officers on patrol in...