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A car has crashed into the rear of a bin lorry at Merstone this lunchtime (Thursday) - but the driver has thankfully escaped injury. The blue BMW 1-Series has rear-ended the waste collection vehicle on a sharp bend at Merstone...

An investigation has been launched into a reported attempted rape at an address in Sandown. The alleged incident is said to have taken place at a property on Fort Street earlier today (Wednesday). Hampshire Constabulary received a report of a...

Around 150 people have been left fearing for their jobs as Neutrik announces it may soon cease operations on the Isle of Wight and move production to mainland Europe. In a briefing to staff this afternoon (Wednesday), the Ryde-based firm...

Concerns for the welfare of an individual have led to a multi-agency emergency response to Culver Down this morning (Wednesday). Police, HM Coastguard and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat are all currently on scene at the beauty spot between Bembridge...

Police, fire and ambulance crews are attending a crash at Whiteley Bank on the outskirts of Shanklin this afternoon (Tuesday), with fears of a gas leak posing a risk to the public. The incident has occurred on a driveway outside...

Firefighters from Shanklin and Ventnor were mobilised to a fire on a remote section of clifftop in Ventnor yesterday (Easter Monday). 1 appliance was mobilised to the reported fire in the open at 13:14, with another appliance soon requested due...

A 33-year-old man from Totland has been arrested after allegedly failing to stop at the scene of a crash in Whitwell on Saturday. As first reported by Island Echo, a black MG3 collided into a green Nissan Serena at a...

2 fires thought to have been malicious set have been prevented from spreading and successfully extinguished in Ryde this afternoon (Easter Monday). Ryde’s day crewed appliance was mobilised to reports of a small fire in the woods, with the crew...

Air ambulance medics have been scrambled to East Cowes this afternoon (Easter Monday) with the yellow and green helicopter landing within the grounds of Osborne House. For the second time today the flying doctors have deployed to the Isle of...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled alongside other emergency services to a ‘serious incident’ at a holiday park in Shanklin. Medics and Police are currently on scene at Lower Hyde Holiday Park having responded to...