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An underground fire on a residential road in Lake has prompted a response from firefighters and electrical engineers this morning (Tuesday). 2 appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, 1 from Shanklin and 1 from Ryde,...

A dog jumping out of a car window has caused a crash on a main road in Sandown this morning (Tuesday). The crash occurred shortly before 10:30 at the bottom of Broadway near the junction with Avenue Road. A red...

The activation of a locator device indicating that a person may have gone overboard off the coast of the Isle of Wight prompted the launch of both lifeboats from Bembridge last night (Monday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Bembridge...

A 26-year-old man from Newport has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a car which was then found near the cliff edge at Compton yesterday afternoon (Sunday). Police, fire and Coastguard teams responded to the scene at just before 16:00...

A car left perching on a verge, close to the cliff edge, has prompted a large emergency response to a West Wight beauty spot this afternoon (Sunday). A white Ford Mondeo has come to a stop just feet from the...

Police are appealing for information after the driver of a van that was involved in a road traffic collision on Newport Road near Apse Heath last night (Friday) fled the scene before officers arrived. As previously reported by Island Echo,...

A flatbed van has collided with a wall in Apse Heath tonight (Friday), resulting in a Police response.  Emergency services were alerted to reports that a vehicle - described by Island Echo readers as a Transit tipper - had left...

Emergency services are responding to a car that has overturned onto its roof between the villages of Niton and Whitwell this afternoon (Friday). 2 fire appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service - from Shanklin and...

The main road between Wootton and Binstead is blocked this afternoon (Friday) because of a fallen tree. The large tree has fallen on Quarr Hill near where the road turns into Elenors Grove and is blocking the entirety of the...

30-year-old Douglas Knight has been handed an 8-and-a-half year prison sentence after he falsely imprisoned a woman in woodland at St Lawrence with intent to sexually assault her. Knight, of Undercliff Drive in Niton, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court for...