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A Cowes woman faces going to prison after admitting her part in a complex money laundering operation to the tune of £111,000. Rachel Stephanie Herd, 53, of Arctic Road in Cowes, has pleaded guilty to concealing, converting, disguising, or removing...

2 men have been charged following an investigation into an incident in Sandown which saw a knife and an imitation firearm seized last week. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called shortly after 23:00 on Friday 28th April...

A raid by immigration officials on an Indian restaurant in Newport has resulted in a penalty referral notice being issued by the Home Office. Immigration enforcement officers visited Tamarind on St James' Street last Wednesday (26th April). The property was surrounded to...

It is understood that at least 2 people have been treated at St Mary's Hospital after falling ill following a visit to Hazelgrove Farm in Ryde, which has this week suspended its popular hands-on farm tours. Officials from the UK...

A power outage is affecting nearly 700 customers in the Bembridge area this morning (Monday). The power cut was first reported at around 09:55. Engineers from Scottish & Southern Electricity Network (SSEN) are aware of the outage and aim to...

Bembridge RNLI came to the rescue of a stricken fishing boat earlier today (Sunday). The RNLB Alfred Albert Williams (Tamar All-Weather Lifeboat 16-17), was launched at around 12:45 at the request of UK (Solent) Coastguard to locate and assist a...

Traffic is building on The Downs Road this evening (Saturday) following a 2-vehicle accident at the junction with Knighton Shute. The incident occurred at around 19:45 and has involved a Volvo and a Ford Ka, Island Echo understands. Emergency services...

Police and paramedics are in attendance at a single-vehicle road traffic collision on the outskirts of Newport this afternoon (Saturday). The incident - which took place on Whiterails Road just outside Butterfly World - occurred at around 15:45 and has...

Police have launched a witness appeal following an incident which saw the seizure of a knife and an imitation firearm following a brawl in Sandown overnight. As previously reported by Island Echo, police were called to Sandown late last night (Friday) following...

Island Echo understands at least one person has been detained by armed officers in Sandown - following a large scale incident overnight (Friday into Saturday). Multiple units responded to the High Street at just after 23:30 last night following reports...