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A man from Ryde has been arrested on suspicion of committing numerous offences including possession of an imitation firearm and possession of an offensive weapon following a Police pursuit in Newport earlier this afternoon (Friday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is investigating an incident which left a woman 'distressed' after she was followed by a man she didn't know in Ryde earlier this week (Wednesday 3rd April). This incident took place at around 20:00,...

No injuries or destruction have been reported after fears were raised of a landslide in Luccombe last night (Thursday). HM Coastguard mobilised 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams to Shanklin following reports of a potential large cliff fall in the Luccombe area,...

Wightlink has been forced to cancel its Fastcat services to and from the Isle of Wight this morning (Friday) due to a mechanical issue at its Ryde Pier Head terminal. Island Echo understands the problem is related to the gangway....

Fears that a large landslide has occurred in Luccombe has seen Coastguard teams deployed to the area tonight (Thursday). A resident living on the Shanklin side of Luccombe - which sits between the coastal towns of Ventnor and Shanklin -...

An investigation has been launched following an act of alleged animal abuse at a beauty-spot in the West Wight earlier this week. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary received a report that on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd April, a...

A man arrested on suspicion of threatening a person with an offensive weapon during an incident that saw armed police deployed to Cowes earlier this week (Monday) has been bailed until July. As exclusively reported by Island Echo, a large...

Concerns that a yacht may have been in trouble in the vicinity of Newtown Creek led to a painstaking search by Cowes RNLI lifeboat last night (Tuesday). The emergency was sparked by a report of what appeared to be a...

More than 800 homes and businesses in Newport are without power this morning (Wednesday) due to an underground cable fault. The outage has hit the Parkhurst and St Mary’s areas of the county town across 67 different postcodes. In total,...

A 54-year-old man has been charged with failing to provide following a collision in which a Nissan ended up crashing into a wall in East Cowes over the weekend (Easter Sunday). As first reported by Island Echo, officers from Hampshire...