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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...

Firefighters have responded to the village of St Helens this evening (Wednesday) over concerns about a fire in the garden of a property on The Diggings. It was just before 18:00 that concerned locals alerted Hampshire & Isle of Wight...

A 79-year-old woman from Newport has died following what is believed to be a medical episode at the wheel in Carisbrooke yesterday evening (Tuesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to Mountbatten Drive at around 17:10...

A motorcyclist who suffered broken bones after coming off his bike on the main road into Bembridge last night (Tuesday) remains in hospital. The incident, in which the motorcyclist collided with a tree, occurred on Sandown Road near to Bembridge...