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2 girls have been charged in connection with an assault that took place in Ryde last month (13th April). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at 21:19 with reports of a 17-year-old girl being punched and...

The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed that cryptosporidium is the reason why so many people have fallen ill after visiting Hazelgrove Farm near Ryde. As previously reported by Island Echo, UKHSA South East is working with the Isle of...

A power cut is affecting 1,500 properties in central Ryde this evening (Wednesday) in an area that stretches from St John's to the seafront. The early evening outage is causing chaos for local residents, as well as the many businesses...

2 teenagers were rushed to hospital after concerns were raised for the welfare of a group of young girls who appeared unwell in Cowes yesterday evening (Tuesday). At just before 19:20, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service received reports that...

His Majesty’s Coastguard has launched a search and rescue operation in Shanklin tonight (Tuesday) where teams are scouring the cliff in a bid to locate a possible casualty.  Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter from Lee on Solent has been scrambled to...

A 17-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of robbery after a 9-year-old boy was assaulted and robbed of his bag in Shanklin over the Bank Holiday Weekend. The incident occurred shortly before 17:30 on Sunday (7th May) after 2...

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Eastern Yar - from Whitwell to Bembridge - following a short period of heavy rainfall. At Wroxall, some 21mm of rain has been recorded in the past 24 hours alone...

A power cut is affecting 1,800 properties in the Wootton area this evening (Sunday), which has also knocked out the traffic lights at 2 busy junctions. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say that the outage in the PO33 4 region...

Concerns a missing person may have been in the water off Ventnor prompted the immediate launch of Bembridge’s All Weather Lifeboat earlier this evening (Friday).  At just before 18:30, Solent Coastguard paged the volunteers of Bembridge RNLI to man the...

A rear-end shunt is causing delays on the dual carriageway this afternoon (Friday). The incident occurred at around 14:00 and has seen 2 cars collide in the inside lane - heading southbound toward Coppins Bridge. Officers from Hampshire & Isle...