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Police on the Isle of Wight have launched an urgent search for a missing man this evening (Thursday). It's understood that the individual is considered to be at high risk of harm, meaning additional resources are being put into locating the male...

Police have arrested 2 men in their 50s following separate incidents within 4 hours of one another at a residential address in Ryde this morning (Thursday).  Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to Arundel Close at...

2 men and a teenager who were arrested in the Aldi carpark in Cowes earlier this week on suspicion of being involved in the supply of drugs have been released from Police custody. As previously reported by Island Echo, officers...

South Western Railway has confirmed that Ryde's brand new ticket office will soon be closed, as will the ticket office at Shanklin, under national plans announced today (Tuesday). Proposals put forward will see the closure of all ticket offices across...

A man in his 90s narrowly escaped tragedy when his mobility scooter went over a clifftop at The Needles and plummeted 400ft onto the rocks below. Emergency services were called to the scene close to the Needles Old Battery around...

A vessel which got into trouble while competing in the Round the Island Race on Saturday (1st July) was safely brought ashore this morning (Tuesday) after drifting half way around the Isle of Wight. The Farrier 27, called Origami, was...

3 people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the supply of drugs after a large quantity of cannabis was found in a vehicle in Cowes yesterday evening (Monday). Officers moved in on the car in the supermarket...

Volunteer crew members from Yarmouth RNLI have joined a major search and rescue operation off the Swanage coast this evening (Monday). Yarmouth's All Weather Lifeboat, which launched at around 18:45, is 1 of 6 lifeboats currently working to locate 2...

A boat that crashed into Ryde Pier over the weekend has now been seized by officials, which comes after Police conducted a fingertip search of the vessel and seized a cannabis plant earlier today (Monday). It was on Saturday evening...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat was 1 of 2 lifeboats which responded to an emergency call involving a capsized catamaran earlier this afternoon (Monday) The catamaran, with 2 men aboard, had fallen victim of challenging wind-against-tide conditions off the Bramble Bank, at...