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A 55-year-old man from Newport died in Ventnor yesterday evening (Thursday) after suffering a medical episode, it has been confirmed. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service mobilised an ambulance crew and a critical care paramedic to an address on the...

WightSAR set up post at Golden Hill Country Park Officers searching for missing Freshwater man Alan Souter have discovered a body this morning (Friday), Police have confirmed. As previously reported by Island Echo, a missing person appeal was launched to...

Efforts to locate Freshwater man Alan Souter, who has been missing since Monday, have been ramped up with a new image of Alan on the bus on the day he went missing, released.  As first reported by Island Echo, Hampshire...

A crash on The Downs is causing traffic delays this evening (Thursday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to the scene on The Downs Road - near the junction with Brading Down Road - at around...

A fake skeleton seen bobbing in the water at Puckpool was pulled from the sea by HM Coastguard this afternoon (Thursday). HM Coastguard Rescue Officers from Bembridge were called to Appley Beach at around 14:30 following reports from a member...

Police are looking for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage following an incident in which a Ryde man crashed a stolen car on Medina Way yesterday (Wednesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight...

A Blackpool man has been charged with drink driving after crashing his van into a ditch in Freshwater last night (Wednesday). At about 21:20 last night, police came across a single vehicle road traffic collision on Hill Lane, Freshwater, where...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary are appealing for the public's help in finding missing man Alan Souter. The 62-year-old from Freshwater was last seen at about 16:15 on Monday 8th April at The Needles. He is described as: -...

A head-on collision involving 2 cars is causing delays on the main road to Yarmouth this afternoon (Wednesday). It is understood the incident has occurred on Tennyson Road - just before Yarmouth Green - and has seen an Audi and...

A 25-year-old man from Ryde has been arrested on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent following an incident in which he crashed a Honda Civic into a barrier on the dual carriageway today (Wednesday). Police, fire and paramedics were...