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2 men remain in Police custody following a spate of incidents at the Roseglen Hotel in Shanklin yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday). Police were 1st called to the Roseglen Hotel on Palmerston Road Shanklin at 16:22 yesterday (Saturday) to reports of...

An elderly male missing from his home in Nettlestone has been found safe and well after a Police response to the East Wight village. It was at around 19:20 this evening (Friday) that Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was...

RNLB Frank and Anne Wilkinson (Relief Tamar All Weather Lifeboat 16-06) was launched this morning (Friday 18th August) at the request of UK (Solent) Coastguard to assess and, if necessary, assist a 40ft sailing yacht with 2 crew on board...

The RNLI lifeboat from Cowes was sent to help a boat with 7 people on board when its anchor was fouled on the seabed in the Solent off Wootton this afternoon (Friday 18th August). The alarm was raised at about...

A man and a woman thrown into the sea when their 14ft sailing dinghy overturned led to the launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat this morning (Friday). The incident happened near North Ryde Middle Buoy and, on arrival at the scene,...

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of assault and a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill following an incident on St John's Road in Ryde last night (Thursday). At 21:31, Police...

A man in his 70s has sadly died following a fatal motorcycle crash on Military Road yesterday afternoon (Wednesday), Police have confirmed. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services - including the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance -...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is tackling a fire at Benjamin’s Bar & Bistro in Shanklin this afternoon (Thursday). 2 appliances from Shanklin and Ryde are on scene in the High Street, which has been closed...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat was launched to assist a motorboat with 2 people and a dog aboard which has run aground in Osborne Bay this morning (Thursday). The lifeboat, which launched at 11:48, managed to tow the boat off the gravel....

A yacht has collided with the front of the Cowes Floating Bridge on the River Medina this morning (Thursday). It's understood the boat came into contact with the chain ferry as it passed in close proximity, clearly misjudging the available...