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Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to reports of a dog stuck in a ditch during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). Crews from Newport Fire Station were mobilised following a 999 call made...

47-year-old Simon Edney has been charged with possession of a knife in a public place and threatening behaviour following an incident in the heart of Brading yesterday evening (Monday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called to the...

Winchester Crown Court. Photo: Chris Talbot 61-year-old Anthony Kimber, who is accused of neglecting his mother to the extent that her armchair was rotting away beneath her before she died, has denied manslaughter by gross negligence at Winchester Crown Court....

Customers of O2, GiffGaff, Sky Mobile and Tesco Mobile are without mobile phone signal in Ventnor today (Tuesday) due to a fault with a local mast. Those living and working in Ventnor are reporting difficulties making and receiving calls and...

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Eastern Yar and its tributaries, running from Whitwell to Bembridge. 25mm of rain was recorded at Knighton yesterday (Monday) with further rain expected late on Wednesday and into Thursday. Water...

Gerry White 60-year-old Jonathan Stasiuk, the man accused of murdering former Isle of Wight councillor Gerry White, used a chainsaw to attack him before strangling and smothering him to death when it ran out of petrol, Southampton Crown Court has...

A 47-year-old man, reported to be dressed in a Halloween costume, has been arrested carrying a number of knives in Brading High Street this evening (Monday).  A concerned member of the public frantically called 999 after seeing an individual in...

Island Line are running an hourly service this evening (Monday) due to a fault with one of the ageing trains. Services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin are expected to be disrupted for the remainder of today. It is unknown...

Emergency services have been mobilised to a road traffic collision at Falcon Cross in Shanklin this evening (Sunday). A car and motorcycle are reported to be involved in the incident, which occurred shortly before 18:15. 1 fire appliance from Shanklin...

Emergency services were called when a taxi crashed into the corner of property in Lake in the early hours of this morning (Sunday). A Ford Mondeo estate left the carriageway and ploughed into the corner of a bungalow on James...