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Police responded to a wrecked car left abandoned in a field on the outskirts of Arreton this afternoon (Sunday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary - including the Roads Policing Unit (RPU) - responded to the scene on...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been tasked to assist with a medical emergency in the West Wight this afternoon (Sunday), as a result of 2 people falling from the sea wall. Flying doctors were dispatched from...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to assist Coastguard Rescue Teams after a man fell from a height near Luccombe this morning (Sunday). The incident has occurred in some woodland off Cowleaze Hill and has...

Police, paramedics and fire crews are in attendance at a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Shanklin this evening (Saturday). The incident has occurred on Shanklin Road around halfway between Whiteley Bank and Victoria Avenue and has seen a...

An 18-year-old man from Sandown has been arrested on suspicion of arson after an attempted attack on a van in East Cowes last night (Friday). As previously reported by Island Echo, a single fire crew from East Cowes were mobilised...

The East Cowes arsonist – who has been on a campaign of setting vans alight in the town – has struck again tonight (Friday) by attempting to set a fire underneath yet another van. 1 fire appliance from East Cowes...

Those involved in a 2 car crash on the outskirts of Wootton late last night (Thursday) have avoided injury. Police were called to the incident on Lushington Hill at around 23:50 to reports of a collision involving a Kia Picanto...

A 40-year-old man from Newport has been arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an incident at a block of flats in Newport earlier today (Friday). Police were called just after 11:00 to reports of a disturbance...

A Red Jet crew member was arrested by Police in front of concerned passengers earlier this morning (Friday) as part of an investigation into an allegation of intentional strangulation and common assault. Shortly before 09:00, officers from Hampshire & Isle...

A single fire crew from Shanklin is tackling a chimney fire in Chale Green this morning (Friday).  1 pumping appliance was mobilised to the scene on Appleford Road in the village at around 10:30. Firefighters are using chimney firefighting equipment...