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An individual who stole cash and alcohol from a hotel in Shanklin during the early hours of this morning (Thursday) is being sought. Sometime between 03:30 and 05:30, a male entered the Shanklin Beach Hotel on the Esplanade and stole...

23-year-old Megan Durham is facing a prison sentence after pleading guilty to stabbing a woman in the head 4 times with a chisel. Durham, of Osborne Road in Shanklin, left the 41-year-old victim with injuries to her head and leg...

Brading Downs Road has been closed in both directions this afternoon (Wednesday) as a result of a crash involving 3 vehicles, 1 of which has come to a rest on its roof. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police...

2 women arrested on suspicion of murdering a man in his 50s in Shanklin have been released without charge, with no further action to be taken. Investigations into the killing at an address on St John's Road on Monday night...

Firefighters are damping down the remnants of a fire within woodland at Salters Road in Ryde this morning (Wednesday). Trees have been charred by the fire at the entrance to Salters Playing Field - an area that has been subject...

A woman in her 70s has died after getting into difficulties in the sea at Seagrove Bay yesterday afternoon (Monday). As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were mobilised to the popular stretch of coast between Seaview and Priory...

1 person has been killed and another has been hospitalised - reportedly after being stabbed in the stomach - following an ‘altercation’ at an address in Shanklin last night (Monday), leading to a full-blown murder investigation being launched. Forensic investigators...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is working to rescue a cow that has got stuck in the mud in Freshwater this afternoon (Tuesday). Crews from Freshwater, Newport and Ryde have been called to Victoria Road in...

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was found with fatal injuries inside a property in Shanklin last night, with 3 people arrested in connection with the incident.  Armed Police were deployed to St John’s Road in the...

Armed Police and an air ambulance have been deployed to a serious incident in Shanklin tonight (Monday), which has led to the arrest of at least 1 woman. Emergency services have descended on an address at St John’s Road in...