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A motorcyclist is being treated for serious injuries after crashing off the road at Quarr this morning (Saturday). Police and paramedics are currently in attendance where Eleanors Grove meets Quarr Hill on the main road between Binstead and Wootton. Island...

71-year-old Stephen Morris has been charged with drink driving after crashing into a number of parked cars on a main road in Ryde last night (Friday). Police were called to Marlborough Road at just gone 23:30 following reports that a...

A man in his 60s was taken to hospital following a fall from height in East Cowes last night (Friday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised a retained crew from East Cowes at just before 21:00 following...

HM Coastguard was tasked to investigate reports of a possible diesel spill in Wootton Creek this afternoon (Friday).  Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were called to the creek at 15:08 where teams located evidence of some diesel on the surface of...

A woman has been detained under the mental health act following an incident at the Travelodge Hotel in Newport this afternoon (Friday). Officers were alerted to a developing situation at the hotel on Lugley Street in the town, close to...

The latest in a string of warnings has been issued to parents and guardians after an 11-year-old child was approached by a stranger in Sandown yesterday (Thursday). The Bay CE Secondary School has posted on its Facebook page to alert...

An 11-year-old boy has escaped serious injury after being hit by a car in Cowes during the morning school run today (Thursday). The incident happened on Park Road, close to Cowes Primary School, at around 08:30. Emergency services responded to...

Mobile phone users on the EE network are experiencing signal issues across the Isle of Wight today (Thursday). Customers in the Newport, Freshwater and Ventnor areas are being affected by today's downtime. EE say they are aware of a service...

A driver that failed to stop for Police evaded pursuing officers during a chase through Binstead estate yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Officers attempted to stop a VW Golf GTI for no insurance and a smell of cannabis on Binstead Road at...

23-year-old Cayliam Marly Sheen is the third man to be charged in relation to an incident at Oak Vale in Oakfield earlier this month. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called at just before 23:00 on Monday 3rd...