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Police have closed Forest Road in Newport this afternoon (Tuesday) as they respond to a 2-car crash. Island Echo understands that a car travelling along the main Newport-Yarmouth road has gone into the side of another vehicle as it was...

35-year-old Louis Fletcher has been jailed for raping a woman on the Isle of Wight. Fletcher assaulted the woman - who was known to him - at an address in Ryde on the evening of 15th March 2021, after she...

Emergency services have been called to a road traffic collision on Bleak Down between Rookley and Niton this evening (Monday). The crash has occurred on a bend between the junctions of Chequers Inn Road and Beacon Alley. A Mini One...

A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a robbery at Central Stores in East Cowes. It’s alleged that at around 19:50 last Wednesday (14th February), a member of staff at the premises on Well Road challenged a shoplifter....

Police are trying to locate 2 cyclists who made commendable efforts to save a man's life on the cycle path in Alverstone earlier this month. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to the Sunshine Trial in...

Emergency works by Southern Water to replace a broken sewer main in a field near Brading have resulted in the closure of a busy cut-through route. It was on Friday night that contractors arrived at West Lane - the road...

Island Roads has once again closed Morton Common - the main road between Ryde and Sandown - due to flooding of the carriageway. Overnight the water levels on the Eastern Yar rose to such an extent that the road became...

The driver of a Peugeot that crashed into a hedge on the outskirts of Brading last night (Saturday), having narrowly missed a barrier, suffered a minor injury. Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to Morton Common,...

A technical issue is causing delays of up to 120 minutes on Wightlink's Fishbourne - Portsmouth vehicle ferry service this morning (Sunday). The tech issue is only affecting those boarding from the Island, with the Portsmouth - Fishbourne service currently...

The hotel engulfed in flames in the early hours of Saturday morning. Bomb Disposal experts have this evening (Saturday) rushed to the Parkbury Hotel in Sandown - which was ravaged by fire overnight - amid fears that an explosive device...