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The Isle of Wight's very own Wet Leg scooped 2 BRIT Awards at tonight's star-studded ceremony at The O2 Arena in London, including Best New Artist, just a week after bagging 2 Grammy awards in Los Angeles. Rhian Teasdale, Hester...

Supermarket chain Iceland is to permanently close its Newport store next month, in what is yet another blow for the Island's county town. Just weeks after news broke that H&M was shutting up shop, it can now be revealed that Iceland will...

Concerns over public safety have led to Newport High Street being cordoned off to pedestrians and closed to motorists by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service this afternoon (Saturday). The Aerial Ladder Platform from Newport has been...

Police deployed a drone in the skies above Brading Marshes last night (Friday) after a woman was seen standing by the water in suspicious circumstances. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at 16:50 to a report of a...

A motorcyclist has suffered leg injuries following a collision with a car in Lake this evening (Friday). The incident has occurred at the traffic light junction of Newport Road and Lake High Street, resulting in the main Newport to Sandown...

The occupants of a car that careered off the road ending up in a field off The Downs have somehow managed to escape the wreckage with their lives. The apparent single vehicle incident occurred somewhen overnight and has seen a...

Military personnel from the Royal Air Force are being given a crash course in how to fight fires in preparation for any strike action by fire crews across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With the Fire Brigades Union voting...

Police are currently in attendance at a road traffic incident on a busy road between Yarbridge and The Downs this afternoon (Thursday) where 1 driver has been arrested for providing a positive drugs wipe for cannabis. The incident occurred at...

A road traffic incident has forced the closure of a section of one of the major roads out of Carisbrooke this morning (Thursday). The incident occurred at around 09:30 and has seen a Peugeot 206 career through a hedge and...

A man has been charged with stalking and weapons offences following an arrest on the Isle of Wight on Monday evening (6th February). As previously reported by Island Echo, a man - now named as 40-year-old Joss Brown - was...