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Those travelling to and from the Isle of Wight face disruption today (Monday) due to a mix of staff shortages and technical issues across 2 busy routes. Wightlink says that the 21:45 and 22:45 Fastcat sailings from Portsmouth Harbour have...

Police are continuing to investigate the discovery of a man's body in Shanklin last week, with the death still being treated as unexplained. As first reported by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was alerted to concerns for...

Credit - Brian Curtis Following their open-air sell-out productions of ‘Hamlet’ last year and ‘Comedy of Errors’ in the summer, Ad Lib Theatre is bringing Shakespeare into Bembridge Village Hall with perhaps the Bard’s most famous tragedy, ‘Macbeth’. Or if...

Services on Hovertravel are currently cancelled as a result of adverse weather on the Solent this morning (Sunday). All services between Ryde and Southsea have been pulled. Purchased tickets are being accepted on Wightlink’s FastCat service. The next service update...

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of failing to stop, driving whilst unfit through drink and resisting arrest following a crash on the outskirts of Ryde last night (Thursday). Police were called to Pondwell Hill, between Nettlestone and...

3 people have had a lucky escape after the driver of a Subaru Impreza lost control on the main road between Ventnor and Shanklin. Emergency services are in attendance on Bonchurch Road tonight (Thursday) as a result of the single-vehicle...

A car has landed on top of another vehicle after smashing into its side and forcing it to roll over in Wootton this lunchtime (Thursday). Emergency services are currently dealing with the unusual road traffic collision on New Road, near...

49-year-old Duane Sibbick has been charged with battery and 2 counts of using threatening or abusive words/behaviour following an incident in Newport yesterday dinnertime. Police were called at 17:55 to reports of a public order incident and assault on Cross...

The death of a man at a flat in Shanklin is being treated as unexplained by Police, with detectives continuing their investigations to establish how he died. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was alerted to concerns for the welfare...

Police have cordoned off a residential street in Shanklin this lunchtime (Wednesday) following the discovery of a body inside a property. Emergency services rushed to Scinde Crescent shortly before 11:00 this morning with a doctor, critical care paramedic and an...