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A man stood near the cliff edge on Culver Down has lead to an emergency response from Police and HM Coastguard this afternoon (Saturday). 3 Police vehicles including a van are present at the scene, with emergency services called shortly...

Police have closed the High Street in Newport this afternoon (Friday) in order to recreate the scene of a fatal collision between a lorry and an 81-year-old woman. Officers closed the upper part of the High Street at just gone...

Grit will be deposited on the Island's roads this evening (Friday) and tomorrow morning (Saturday).  Gritting lorries will treat the precautionary routes at 18:00 tonight and at 04:00 on Saturday. Island Roads has urged drivers to drive according to the...

A power cut has left around 300 properties without electricity in the Alverstone, Adgestone, Knighton and Sandown areas this morning (Friday), including The Bay Secondary School. Supply was lost to some 24 postcode areas at around 06:22. Scottish and Southern...

A 39-year-old man from Newport who was arrested on suspicion of arson after a flat fire broke out in Pan on Wednesday morning has been released and the investigation dropped. As previously reported by Island Echo, Hampshire & Isle of...

Police and paramedics have responded to concerns for the welfare of a man on Ryde Pier this afternoon (Thursday). Officers responded to the seafront at Ryde at 13:00, accompanied by paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (IOWAS). It...

Gritters will be out on roads across the Island this afternoon (Thursday) and tomorrow morning (Friday) as the cold weather continues to bite. The main routes will be treated at 16:00 this afternoon and again 12 hours later at 04:00...

Around 300 households in Newport are without water this morning (Thursday) as a result of a burst main. Southern Water is apologising to those in the PO30 2 postcode area who have woken to find they are unable to have...

Investigations are underway into an accident at an Isle of Wight leisure centre which left 2 girls with injuries including the 'loss of a finger'. The accident took place last Thursday at Medina Leisure Centre on the outskirts of Newport...

29-year-old Douglas Knight has been found guilty of attacking a woman with intent to commit a sexual offence in woodland off Undercliff Drive in St Lawrence back in December 2021.  At around 09:30 on 22nd December 2021, Knight approached the woman...