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A pedestrian has suffered serious injuries following a road traffic collision involving an ambulance and a van in Wootton this afternoon (Tuesday). Emergency service personnel were called to High Street at around 13:40 following reports of a collision just outside...

The future of the Isle of Wight's only The Body Shop store looks bleak as the company enters administration. FRP Advisory has been appointed by owners Aurelius to oversee the administration process, which relates to the UK arm of the...

A 2-car crash is causing delays on a major route between the seaside towns of Sandown and Shanklin this morning (Tuesday). The incident - which occurred on Sandown Road, Lake at just before 08:15 - has seen a Ford Fiesta...

A bus driver is to appear in court charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a crash near Arreton back in December 2021. Paul Brookes, 49, of New Road in Brading, has been the subject of a lengthy...

A man who fractured another man’s eye socket during a serious assault in Sandown has been jailed. On the evening of Monday 27th December 2021, 32-year-old Paul Bishton was having drinks at his address in a shared accommodation block in...

Emergency service personnel are on scene in Newport Town Centre this afternoon (Monday) where a car has come to rest on its side after crashing at a 'notorious' junction. Island Echo understands that the incident occurred near the Lugley Street...

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman was sexually assaulted in Ryde last night (Saturday).  Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary received a report at around 23:20 that a woman had been seriously sexually...

Fears of an imminent landslide in Shanklin have led to Police cordoning off an area of the beach this lunchtime (Saturday). It was earlier today, at around 11:00, that local authorities were alerted to a large crack forming at the...

No injuries have been reported after a car collided with a house in Cowes earlier this evening (Friday). Police were called to St Mary’s Road in the town at around 17:00 when a maroon coloured Ford Focus crashed into a...

Flooding has forced Island Roads to close Sandown's Morton Common in both directions this lunchtime (Friday). The Environment Agency warned last night that flooding on the main Ryde to Sandown road was likely following 50mm of rainfall in a 48-hour...