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A burst water main on Hunnyhill is causing supply issues in Newport this morning (Sunday). The incident was believed to have occurred overnight with it first logged by Southern Water at 04:o0. Earlier this morning, water was seen cascading down...

Emergency services have been mobilised to St Lawrence this afternoon (Saturday) where a car has slid over a grass verge and has been left balancing precariously. Officers from Hampshire & Isle Constabulary alongside firefighters from Hampshire & Isle of Wight...

A 38-year-old man from Wootton has been charged with drink driving, driving without a licence and driving without insurance after a crash on the main road to East Cowes yesterday evening (Friday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police and...

Police on the Isle of Wight are probing a suspicious incident in Ryde in which an 11-year-old boy was approached by a man who attempted to coax the youngster away from his home address. At around 16:15 yesterday afternoon (Thursday),...

A crash on the main road in and out of East Cowes is leading to significant traffic delays during this evening’s rush hour. Emergency services are on scene at Whippingham Road near to the junction with Folly Lane having been...

Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a man's body within woodland near Landguard Manor in Shanklin. Emergency services arrived at the scene off Landguard Manor Road shortly before 10:25 this morning (Friday). Multiple resources from the Isle...

Police on the Isle of Wight are actively looking for 55-year-old Michael Bond, who has gone missing from Shanklin. Michael was last seen boarding the Red Jet from Cowes at 09:00 this morning (Thursday), travelling to Southampton. He hasn’t been...

The Police helicopter was drafted in to assist in the search for a missing person in Newport earlier this morning (Thursday). The National Police Air Serve Helicopter (NPAS) travelled all the way from Redhill in Surrey having left base at...

Isle of Wight councillor Daryll Pitcher has been handed an 27-month prison sentence and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years in relation to 2 historic child rapes which took place over 30 years ago. Pitcher, of Norman...

96mph winds have been recorded at The Needles today (Wednesday) causing widespread problems on the roads, trains and cross-Solent travel. Needles Coastwatch Institution has confirmed that the most Westerly point of the Isle of Wight has experienced winds of almost...