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22-year-old Josef Wilkins has been charged with burglary following a break-in at Sainbury's in Cowes over the weekend. It was during the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday), at around 04:00, that the glass entrance to Sainsbury's in the High...

2 men from Enfield in London have been arrested and their van seized by Police following reports of a number of oil thefts from establishments across the Isle of Wight last week. As previously reported by Island Echo, 2 people...

Due to a technical issue, Wightlink has cancelled 4 sailings on its Yarmouth-Lymington route today (Monday). The cross-Solent operator says that the 10:45 and 13:00 sailings from Lymington have been pulled, alongside the 11:45 and 14:05 sailings from Yarmouth. No...

A yellow weather warning for strong gales has been issued for the Isle of Wight, with winds of up to 70mph expected overnight with further gales and squally showers throughout Tuesday. IW Met Service warns that a spell of windy...

The line-up for Isle of Wight Festival 2023 has been revealed with Robbie Williams, Blondie, Pulp, The Chemical Brothers and George Ezra set to headline the 4-day event between 15th-18th June 2023. Other acts announced today (Monday) include the Sugababes,...

Police are continuing their enquiries into the death of a 17-year-old boy at an address in Ryde this morning (Saturday). Hampshire Constabulary was alerted to the discovery of a body at a residential property in the St John’s Hill area...

The elderly driver of a Skoda is in hospital following a serious incident in Sandown last night (Friday) in which she mowed down a pedestrian just moments before crashing into a tree. Emergency services were called Avenue Road at 20:45...

Police have cordoned off part of the seafront at Sandown tonight (Friday) following a road traffic collision in which a pedestrian has reportedly been struck by a car. The incident, understood to involve a white Audi A1, has occurred on...

Paramedics are treating the driver of a car for injuries sustained in a crash in Sandown tonight (Friday), in which a vehicle has collided into a tree. The collision has occurred on Avenue Road, outside The Tap pub. Island Echo...

Emergency services including the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are responding to a serious collision involving a motorcycle and a van on Middle Road between Chessell and Tapnell this afternoon (Friday). The crash has occurred near the junction...