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Immigration officials and Police visited the British Hand Car Wash on Riverway in Newport today (Wednesday). It was shortly before 11:00 that the Home Office's Immigration Enforcement team arrived at the car wash facility with officers from Hampshire Constabulary. A...

Hats, gloves and boots at the ready as snow is being forecast for the Isle of Wight this Thursday. As the mercury plummets, the Island could well see accumulations of snow as we head towards April - a stark contrast...

Emergency services are responding to a collision between a pedestrian and a car on the main road through Shalfleet this afternoon (Monday). The incident has occurred at the bus stop to the west of Warlands Lane on the main Newport...

Wightlink's Fastcat service between Ryde Pier Head and Portsmouth Harbour has been suspended this afternoon (Monday) due to a mechanical issue. The cross-Solent operator says that the service will not be running again today, with all sailings from now on...

Emergency services are in attendance at a road traffic collision in Lake this lunchtime (Monday), which is causing significant delays in the area. The incident has occurred near to Tesco Express on The Fairway - the diversion route for the...

A continued shortage of staff has led to further cancellations on Island Line today (Monday). South Western Railway has confirmed that a number of services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin have been cancelled, with just 1 train an hour...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision between a motorcycle and a car in Shanklin yesterday afternoon (Sunday), which has left a motorcyclist with significant leg injuries. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to...

A piece of suspected ordnance has been destroyed by means of a controlled explosion on the beach at Compton this afternoon (Sunday). Bomb Disposal experts from the Royal Navy, who travelled across the Solent from Portsmouth, responded to the West...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to a serious collision between a motorcycle and a car in Shanklin this afternoon (Sunday). Police and paramedics are currently on scene at the crossroads junction of Arthur’s Hill...

Police have confirmed the discovery of a body at Mount Joy Cemetery on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Saturday) - the second such incident today alone. Officers were deployed to the cemetery at Carisbrooke at 11:51 when the body...