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Police fire and ambulance crews are all in attendance at Shanklin Esplanade this lunchtime (Friday) where a Lexus has smashed into a bench, knocked over a pedestrian and come to rest hanging over the seawall. The incident, which occurred around 12:30, has...

A hatchback left the carriageway and ended up slumped in a ditch by the roadside in Whitwell last night (Wednesday). Police were called to the scene on Whitwell Road at around 22:22 after receiving reports that a road traffic collision...

2 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a 'savage attack' on a man in his 50s on a side street in Sandown on Tuesday night. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Albion...

3 youths were charged over the weekend in connection with a series of incidents including assault, burglary and numerous thefts that took place in the Ryde area between September and November. Ryde Neighborhood Policing Team (NPT) has been investigating these...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to an emergency incident at Shide on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Thursday). Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (IOWAS) are on scene at Copse Lane,...

A flood warning has been issued for towns and villages on the Eastern Yar including Sandown, Brading, Bembridge, Whitwell, Wroxall, Langbridge and Alverstone. The warning comes after more than half a month’s rain - some 70mm - was recorded in Knighton over...

Photo: Mark Smith A section of bank has slid onto the main through road in Wroxall tonight (Wednesday) - leaving the carriageway partially blocked.  Around a 3m high, near vertical bank that borders St John's Road has shifted following excessive...

A late night flood warning has been issued by the Environment Agency for the Carisbrooke and Hunnyhill areas of Newport. It’s said that in the past 6 hours alone some 26mm of rainfall has been recorded at Carisbrooke, with the water...

Hours of torrential rainfall has caused flooding on the Island’s roads, leading to dangerous driving conditions for motorists. Numerous roads are now underwater - too many to list - with a significant road closure in place at Avenue Road, Sandown....

Police, firefighters and the RAC have been called out to a car broken down in flood water at Briddlesford Road near Downend this evening (Wednesday). The female driver of the vehicle was travelling from Arreton towards Wootton when a lorry...