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A 43-year-old man from Southsea has been arrested in connection with a burglary at a property in Newport back in July, as well as a number of knife-point robberies in Havant, Portsmouth, Eastleigh and Southampton. On 7th July, an individual...

A suspected drug driver was pulled over by Police in Newport late last night (Monday), with multiple units descending on the scene. At just gone 22:10, officers stopped a silver Volkswagen Golf on Coppins Bridge at the bottom of the...

Police are asking members of the public to keep an eye out for 27-year-old Toby Lucas from Newport, who is wanted in connection with an incident in Newport last week in which a car was driven at 2 pedestrians. As...

59-year-old Michael Lee Orton has been charged with attempted murder and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal following an incident in Binstead earlier this year, during which he is accused of stabbing his wife and killing the family dog. As...

Cross-Solent travel operator Wightlink has been forced to cancel some sailings on its Portsmouth-Fishbourne vehicle ferry route tomorrow (Tuesday). Wightlink says the reason for the cancellation is the absence of an essential crew member. The 06:40 and 08:40 sailings from...

A 29-year-old man from Brighstone and a 22-year-old man from Sandown have been released from Police custody after being arrested in connection with an attempted knife-point robbery in Sandown yesterday afternoon (Sunday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police responded...

Southern Water says they will likely need to release sewage into the River Medina as a result of a burst sewer main at Newport Quay. It's said that a sewer has failed near to the Premier Inn at Seaclose Park...

A large-scale power cut is affecting numerous addresses in the South Wight this evening (Sunday). People in Chale, Blackgang, Kingates, Bierley and the outskirts of both Niton and Whitwell are experiencing issues with their electricity supply. Heavy rain and some...

Cross-Solent ferry operator Wightlink has issued a series of cancellations on its Yarmouth - Lymington route tomorrow (Monday). The ferry company has blamed the cancellation on the absence of a single crew member. Tomorrow, the 06:15, 08:40, 10:45 and the...

A man from Brighstone and a man from Sandown have been arrested following an attempted robbery that occurred at a discount store in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). Police were called at 13:41 to a report of a robbery at Sandown...