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A Critical Incident has been declared at St Mary's Hospital today (Tuesday) as the Isle of Wight NHS Trust takes steps to protect patient safety. The Trust is responding to a high number of people needing urgent and emergency care...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in the grounds of a nunnery in Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday) in response to a medical incident.  The helicopter has touched down at St Cecilia’s Abbey near Appley. It’s understood...

Firefighters from Ryde and Newport responded to a bin lorry fire in Ryde this morning (Tuesday). 2 appliances from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to West Street just before 10:00. Crews arrived on scene to...

A man from Jersey who was found living and working on the Isle of Wight has been charged with a number of sexual offences and has been 'deported' back to the Channel Islands. 57-year-old Vincent Charles Roberts, who Island Echo...

The body of a 60-year-old man was found at a property in Little London, Newport yesterday afternoon (Sunday), prompting a Police response.  Police were deployed to an address on the banks of the River Medina at 13:04 following the sudden...

A car that was stolen from an address in Newport overnight has been found crashed and abandoned on the downs this morning (Monday). Police attended the scene in a field at the top of The Downs Road at around 08:50...

A 24-year-old man from Newport has been arrested after he crashed his Audi into 4 parked cars on a quiet road in Newport last night (Sunday). As previously reported by Island Echo, the Police, an Ambulance and a Fire crew...

A speeding car that was being chased by Police has lost control along a quiet residential road and has smashed into multiple parked cars in Newport this evening (Sunday). The incident occurred on Robin Hood Street on Pan Estate at...

Yarmouth RNLI were launched to what was believed to be a mine floating in the water this afternoon (Sunday), although it turned out just to be a wave data buoy. At around 12:05, Yarmouth's RNLI Volunteer Crew were paged by...

Failure of a set of traffic lights in Shanklin Old Village is causing significant travel delays in and around the town this afternoon (Sunday). The temporary set of lights on Church Road, in place due to WightFibre works, have failed...