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29-year-old Kai Smart has been charged with threatening a person with a knife following an incident in Ryde earlier this week. As first reported by Island Echo, Police descended on Sandcroft Avenue shortly after 20:00 on Tuesday night following reports...

Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision near St Helens tonight (Thursday).  Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to reports of a Nissan Micra leaving the carriageway and coming to rest in a...

Firefighters are tackling a fire within the kitchen of a property in Brading Town this evening (Thursday). 3 appliances from Sandown, Ryde and Shanklin are on scene at The Mews, alongside the Incident Command Unit from Newport. Crews have entered...

A busy main road between Blackwater and Rookley has been closed after a cable fell onto the carriageway this afternoon (Thursday). Several police units are in attendance at the scene near Radcliffe’s Fruit and Veg farm shop at Blackwater Junction,...

A suspicious money transfer led to Police responding to a bank in Newport at lunchtime today (Thursday). Officers were deployed to Santander on the corner of St James' Street and Pyle Street at 11:31 following reports of a transfer being...

Firefighters from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to reports of a vehicle fire in Brading this lunchtime (Thursday). 1 appliance from Ryde has been mobilised to the scene on Coach Lane after being...

A yellow weather warning for fog has been issued for the Isle of Wight and will remain in force until Friday morning. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that low cloud and hill fog, initially affecting western and southern coasts...

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat launched to reports of a motor cruiser with an engine fire to the north of No Mans Land Fort this morning (Wednesday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Tamar-class lifeboat shortly before 11:00 following...

A car has crashed into the front of a shop in Ventnor this afternoon (Wednesday), taking out a road sign in the process. The incident involving a Citroen C4 Picasso has occurred outside Fez Barbers, close to Tesco Express at the...

A 29-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion of a number of offences after allegedly threatening to kill at least 1 person with a knife in Ryde yesterday evening (Tuesday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to...