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A 23-year-old man has been arrested and questioned after an alleged assault on Union Street over the weekend saw 1 man taken to hospital. As first reported by Island Echo, officers responded to Union Street at 01:28 on Saturday morning...

Police are investigating the behaviour of 3 men after they attempted to snatch a dog from a 9-year-old girl on Sandown High Street on Saturday. The incident occurred between 13:20 and 13:40 outside Sainsbury's on High Street. A man approached...

Firefighters from Freshwater worked to extinguish a blaze that had been deliberately started in some woodland above Totland Pier earlier this afternoon (Sunday). The incident occurred at around 15:30 in an area of woodland above the iconic pier. The fire...

A van has crashed straight into some railings on a busy road in Lake this afternoon (Sunday). The incident occurred at around 15:00 on the corner of Lake Hill and Sandown Road, just outside Kimbo’s. A white Citroen Relay van...

Firefighters extinguished a barn ablaze on a rural road in Wootton yesterday morning (Saturday), but both firefighters and the landowner are unsure as to how exactly the fire started. The incident occurred at Blackberry Farm on Upper Woodside Road shortly...

Firefighters from Newport extinguished a blaze that had broke out in a vehicle on a main road between Carisbrooke and Shorwell this afternoon (Saturday). A single fire appliance from Newport was mobilised to the scene on Bowcombe Road at around...

No arrests have yet been made after an assault in Ryde earlier this morning (Saturday) saw a man taken to St Mary's Hospital and a cordon erected in the heart of the town. As previously reported by Island Echo, officers...

Police have cordoned off a section of Union Street in Ryde this morning (Saturday) following a serious assault involving multiple people during the early hours. Officers responded to the busy centre of nightlife  sometime before 01:45 after receiving reports of...

The flying doctors of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have landed in Ryde tonight (Friday) in response to a medical emergency in the town. At just before 21:45, the air ambulance was scrambled from its base at Thruxton...

Crews from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a property fire in Cowes this evening (Friday). 2 appliances from Newport and Cowes and the Response Support Vehicle from Newport are on scene at Bridge Road,...