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Picket lines have been formed at Red Funnel’s East Cowes and Southampton terminals this morning (Wednesday) as the first day of strike action by staff gets underway. As tourists descend on the Isle of Wight for the summer holidays they...

Firefighters are battling to save a thatched property from destruction as smoke billows from the home in Totland this morning (Wednesday). Several appliances from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene at Moons Hill -...

Victim Scott Cooper 38-year-old Piers Brazier, the man accused of murdering 33-year-old Scott Cooper, will be re-tried later this year, it has been confirmed. After 3 weeks of hearing arguments from both the prosecution and the defence, the jury in...

A man found with a bundle of cash and a sock containing a large metal dumbbell nut has been arrested, questioned and bailed over a number of alleged offences, including drug driving. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Isle of Wight High...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue crews have been mobilised to a fire in the open on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Tuesday). Appliances from Newport and a water carrier from Freshwater are on scene off Yarmouth...

A car that has been stopped by Police twice today (Monday) and has twice been found to be driven by a suspected drug driver has now been seized. Local officers stopped the blue Hyundai earlier in the day and arrested...

Police on the Isle of Wight are continuing their appeal for information following a fatal road traffic collision that claimed the life of a 45-year-old Island man during the early hours of Saturday morning. As previously reported by Island Echo,...

Firefighters from Newport and Ryde have tackled a field fire on the Barton Manor estate in Whippingham this afternoon (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Mount Road at 14:38. A 30x30m area of...

Police responded to reports of the discovery of a body found hanging from a tree in a remote part of East Cowes this afternoon (Monday) - but officers have failed to locate anything untoward. At just before 15:50, officers were...

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place following an incident in Totland last night (Sunday). Shortly after 21:00, officers responded to what is being...