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Island Line have announced they will be suspending their Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head service this evening (Thursday) following a staff shortage. A reduced service is currently running using fewer trains, with services being suspended from 19:00. The last service...

Forensic officers have been conducting a search of a property in Newport this afternoon (Thursday) as part of an investigation into the killing of a man in Ryde. Investigations are currently underway at an address on New Street, Newport where...

Officers investigating the murder of a man in Ryde have made 2 further arrests, it has been revealed. Police attended a flat in George Street on Tuesday afternoon (4th January) where the lifeless body of a man, aged in his...

2 men accused of robbing a man in Portsmouth were arrested by Police armed with tasers on board the hovercraft at Southsea just minutes before takeoff on Bank Holiday Monday. Police were called at 11:30 on Monday to a report...

A water main has been ruptured on Lowtherville Road by a utility firm and as such, residents in the area are without supply this evening (Wednesday).  Island Echo readers have said Southern Water are aware and teams are on-site working...

Hampshire Constabulary’s response to a suspected murder in Ryde, which is claimed to have been delayed and ‘not taken seriously’, has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). As first reported by Island Echo, a murder investigation...

A murder investigation is underway after an incident at an address on George Street in Ryde yesterday (Tuesday).  As first reported by Island Echo, numerous police vehicles rushed to the town centre address at around 13:30 with eyewitnesses reporting that...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has been mobilised to a property in Ryde this evening (Tuesday).  2 fire appliances are said to be on scene at Pellhurst Road, near to zebra crossing by Pell Lane, having...

Police officers have responded to a serious incident at George Street in Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday). Around half a dozen police vehicles were seen to be responding to the scene sometime around 13:30, with more units heading to the town centre...

The fleet of Island Roads' Gritters are set to be deployed at midnight tonight (Tuesday) as temperatures are set to drop into the early hours.  A spokesperson for Island Roads has this afternoon said: "Winter Service decision is to treat...