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A 59-year-old Sandown man has admitted to starting a fire at his home address back in November as an act of revenge against his former partner. Andrew Turner, of Beachfield Road, was charged with arson being reckless as to whether...

35-year-old Ben Entwistle, who armed himself with knives and carried out violent behaviour in Shanklin, has been sent back to prison after an incident in 2021 that saw him arrested by Armed Police. On the afternoon of Friday 17th December...

A car has crashed into some railings on a residential road in East Cowes this afternoon (Monday). The incident occurred on the corner of Victoria Grove and Adelaide Grove at around 14:30. The vehicle in question - a red Vauxhall...

A burst water main in Winford has not only left hundreds of properties without water but has flooded the road. Local residents in the Newchurch and Winford areas say that pressure was low this morning (Monday), but by lunchtime supply...

A man who was tasered by Police and sprayed in the face with PAVA spray remains in custody following an incident in Ryde last night (Sunday), which resulted in a car showroom window being smashed. Police were called to East Street...

A major power cut has hit The Bay area this morning (Monday) resulting in around 2,000 homes and businesses being left without electricity. The outage hit at just gone 07:10 and is currently affecting around 147 postcode areas in Sandown...

Police have launched an appeal for witnesses to come forward after an elderly couple in their 80s were knocked down by an Island Roads van whilst shopping in Newport on Friday. It was just before 11:50 that emergency services responded...

An ongoing issue with the compass system on board 1 of Red Funnel's car ferries has forced the cancellation of at least 2 Sunday morning sailings. The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that a technical issue with the gyro compass system...

1 person has been flown to the major trauma centre in Southampton and another has been conveyed to St Mary's Hospital after being knocked over by a van in Newport. The incident occurred at Church Litten, outside Marks & Spencers,...

Tributes have been paid to 81-year-old Brigid O'Hara Murray from Totland, who was tragically killed after being run over by a lorry in Newport High Street last week. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed to the scene...