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As the cold weather continues to bite across the Isle of Wight this week, gritters are set to continue in their deployment of salt across the Island's road network this afternoon (Thursday) and tomorrow morning (Friday). With low temperatures set...

Temperatures plummeted to -5.8c on the Isle of Wight last night according to local weather experts IW Met Service, who warn that it could be even colder tonight (Thursday into Friday). The incredibly low reading was recorded near Bembridge Airport,...

46-year-old Nerijus Suminskas has been charged with attempted robbery after allegedly trying to steal a handbag from a woman in the car park of St Mary's Hospital yesterday morning (Wednesday). Police were called at 08:06 after a man had allegedly...

Disruptive works to repair a sewer pipe on Queens Road in Ryde will continue into 2023, with a full road closure expected in the New Year for a period of 3 months, Island Echo can reveal. It was back in...

Emergency services are in attendance at a crash on the outskirts of Godshill this evening (Wednesday), where a car has come to rest on its side. The incident, which happened shortly before 17:22, has occurred on the main Godshill to...

As the cold weather takes hold of the Isle of Wight, gritters will once again be deployed across the Island’s road network with a full salt run from 17:30 this evening (Wednesday) and again tomorrow morning. Island Roads are anticipating...

New data has revealed that the Isle of Wight has the highest number of cases of scarlet fever in the country. In the week to 4th December, there were a total of 1,131 cases of scarlet fever in England and...

Photo: Jon Nash The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI have been involved in the rescue of a casualty from a boat in Portsmouth Harbour following a gas explosion earlier this evening (Tuesday). Bembridge’s All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) was tasked to...

Emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic collision involving a Ford Focus and a minibus from The Bay CE School on Brading Down Road this afternoon (Tuesday).  The incident occurred shortly after 15:30 and has seen a Ford...

Police have executed a drugs warrant on a property in Newport, leading to the seizure of suspected Class A and Class B drugs, cash and mobile phones. Officers from the High Harms Team descended on an address on School Lane,...