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A waste collection operative who was seriously injured in an incident involving a refuse collection lorry in Ryde last month, which resulted in his leg being amputated, has sadly died in hospital. Emergency services were called to Spencer Road on...

Paramedics, Police, HM Coastguard and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance have rushed to Yaverland this afternoon (Sunday) in response to a seaside medical emergency. It was at around 15:00 that emergency calls were made to report an ongoing...

Locals are calling for urgent action to help save wildlife affected by the 'dangerously low' water levels at Sandown Canoe Lake. Island Echo understands that over the past few days several reports have been made to the Environment Agency (EN)...

A 54-year-old man has been arrested following a burglary at a family-run shoe shop in Newport in the early hours of this morning (Sunday). At around 02:00, Police were alerted to a burglary at Bernards - an independent shoe shop...

Cowes RNLI, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard came to the rescue of a boy who had fallen from a height onto the rocks at Cowes yesterday evening (Saturday). At around 17:30, a member of the public...

Firefighters from Newport and Ryde are tackling a blaze at the derelict Parkbury Hotel in Sandown this afternoon (Saturday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were first alerted to the blaze at the former hotel off Broadway...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) has been scrambled to Ryde this afternoon (Saturday) following a collision between a cyclist and a car on a busy roundabout. Police, fire and paramedics were first called to Smallbrook Roundabout...

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a host of offences after Police forced entry to a property in Ryde in the early hours of this morning (Saturday). The initial 999 call came in as a concern for...

Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with an alleged sexual assault on an 18-year-old woman and the committing of an indecent act in front of 2 teenage girls in Ryde at the weekend. As previously reported by Island...

32-year-old Jordan Canning has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for engaging in penetrative sexual activity with an underage girl. It was in March last year that Canning, of Star Street in Ryde, appeared before the Isle of Wight...