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A car has ploughed into 2 brand new vehicles - 1 parked on a garage forecourt - at Hale Common near Arreton this afternoon (Thursday). Police are in attendance on the main Newport and Sandown Road, where a Ford KA...

A 19-year-old man from Newchurch is under investigation following a 3-car crash in Ashey yesterday evening (Wednesday). Police were called to reports of a collision involving a Ford Fiesta, a BMW and a Toyota Avensis on Ashey Road, at the...

Police have closed the main road into Newport at Blackwater this morning (Thursday) as a result of a car rolling onto its roof. The incident - the 5th crash in the past 12 hours - has occurred on Blackwater Road...

A crash involving a Land Rover Defender has led to the closure of Yaverland Road near Sandown tonight (Wednesday). Police were called to the incident, close to the junction to Sandown Bay Holiday Centre, at just gone 21:00 - almost...

2 women have been freed from a vehicle that has overturned on a narrow residential road in Ryde tonight (Wednesday). Fire crews from Ryde and Newport are on scene at Millward Road, where firefighters have been working alongside paramedics from...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to a crash involving a motorcycle at the bottom of Cowleaze Hill in Luccombe this evening (Wednesday). The yellow and green helicopter has landed in a field just metres away...

Victim 55-year-old David Johns A 36-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering Shanklin man David Johns has been bailed by Police. Hampshire Constabulary has confirmed that the unnamed man, who was himself injured during the 'altercation' at an address on...

A broken down lorry on the dual carriageway is causing rush hour delays in Newport this afternoon (Wednesday). The vehicle has come to a halt in Lane 1 of the southbound carriageway of Medina Way, blocking the slip road to...

The family of 55-year-old David Johns have paid tribute to him, as Police confirm the grandad was the victim of last Monday’s killing at an address in Shanklin. As previously reported by Island Echo, Armed Police were called to St...

Bembridge's All Weather Lifeboat was launched to evacuate an unwell crew member from an oil tanker at anchor off the coast of the Isle of Wight this morning (Tuesday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Bembridge RNLI's lifeboat, which hit...