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24-year-old Laurence Marsden has been charged as part of an investigation into a sexual assault on an 18-year-old girl in Cowes and 2 indecent exposure incidents. As previously reported by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary launched an...

Freshwater Independent Lifeboat was launched to assist a sailing vessel with engine failure off the West Wight last night (Monday). At 20:34, as darkness fell, Solent Coastguard tasked the independent inshore lifeboat to a Pan Pan call. It had been...

A man armed with a knife standing on a cliff top in Shanklin led to the area being locked down last night (Sunday). Police, paramedics and HM Coastguard were called to the Palmerston Road area at around 20:30 following reports...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat was kept busy during Cowes Week racing this morning (Monday) – 1st going to 2 yachts involved in a violent collision and then assisting a yachtsman knocked into the water.  In all cases, the boats involved were...

The miserable weather being experienced across the Isle of Wight is not only set to continue but will get worse as the week progresses, with a yellow weather warning for wind now issued for Wednesday. Forecasters at IW Met Service...

Sailing has been cancelled at the Cowes Week regatta today (Sunday) due to adverse weather conditions in the Solent. The cancellation was confirmed this morning with high winds and gusts forecast today. With conditions looking better from tomorrow, it is...

A power cut in Shanklin is affecting 1669 households and businesses this morning (Saturday). The outage was first reported at 08:56 and is affecting 125 postcodes in the PO36 and PO37 areas. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks are aware of...

Police have been called to a single vehicle crash on the outskirts of Brading this morning (Saturday) in which a van has collided with a concrete wall. The incident has occurred on Rowborough Lane and has seen a Harsco Rail-branded...

A crash involving 2 vehicles has occurred on West Street in Ryde this afternoon. The 2 cars involved are a Ford Fiesta and a VW Golf with the former having sustained damage on the front right of the car. 3...

A pillar that has stood at the entrance to the former Standard Hotel in Freshwater for over 100 years has been destroyed by a van this morning (Friday). The Renault panel van is understood to have rolled into the concrete...