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2 men have been charged with making threats to kill following an incident at an address in St Johns Road in Newport on Friday (10th June). Following enquiries by Police, the individuals were arrested and taken into custody at Newport...

The Isle of Wight Education Federation (IWEF) has announced it is consulting on merging its schools - Medina College, Carisbrooke College and The Island VI Form - with a Hampshire-based academy trust. HISP MAT (Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Southampton and...

Police are investigating the theft of up to 700 litres of diesel from a coach in Shanklin. At some point overnight between Wednesday and Thursday last week, around 600-700 litres of diesel was stolen from the tanks of a coach...

An Isle of Wight man who assaulted a Police officer and then 3 weeks later assaulted a woman on the bus has been charged with a number of violent offences. 34-year-old Bruno Borges from Shanklin was charged over the weekend...

A lack of crew members on the Island Line will mean fewer trains are running on the Island this week. As a result of the current staffing issues, the train services will be reduced tomorrow (Tuesday), Thursday and Saturday. Among...

HM Coastguard, Sandown Lifeboat, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are all involved in an ongoing search and rescue operation at Luccombe. It’s understood a male has fallen off a cliff between Shanklin and Ventnor - a notoriously...

A 81-year-old man with a painful hip injury was rescued from an offshore pontoon by Cowes RNLI this afternoon (Saturday).  The pensioner slipped whilst transferring from a boat onto the fuel depot pontoon on the River Medina, south of the...

A road traffic collision on Middle Road at Calbourne has led to the closure of the road this evening (Saturday). The incident, which has involved an unknown number of vehicles, has occurred on the S-bends near to Calbourne Mill. No...

A man who died following a crash between a bicycle and a Land Rover in Shorwell last weekend has been named as 64-year-old Professor Simon McQueen-Mason. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to Main Road at 10:15...

The fire that engulfed the old Gaiety Amusement arcade on Ventnor seafront on Tuesday is no longer being treated as arson, Police have confirmed.  As first reported by Island Echo, fire crews rushed to the Esplanade at around 18:00 on...