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A caravan parked on a residential road in Freshwater has been destroyed by fire overnight. Firefighters were mobilised to Sunset Close in the town at around 00:40 this morning (Wednesday) to reports of a caravan well alight. Crews used breathing...

Police and paramedics are in attendance at a single vehicle collision on the outskirts of Newport tonight (Tuesday), where a car has rolled onto its roof. The incident, which occurred on Blacklands Lane just before 20:45, has involved a black...

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...