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Coastguard Rescue Teams from The Needles and Ventnor assisted Police with an incident at Tennyson Down near Freshwater late last night (Tuesday).  The 2 teams were tasked to assist Hampshire Constabulary at a point 400m west of Watcombe Bay at...

Police have arrested the driver of a Ford Fiesta following a pursuit in the quiet village of Adgestone this lunchtime (Tuesday). The incident began at around 11:20 when the vehicle failed to stop for officers in Apse Heath, which led...

A 31-year-old man from the Isle of Wight has been arrested on suspicion of harassment, criminal damage and wasting police time following a string of incidents in Sandown. As previously reported by Island Echo, Armed Police from both sides of...

Fire crews are responding to St Mary's Hospital in Newport this morning (Tuesday) following the activation of the hospital's fire alarm system. Appliances from Newport and Ryde are understood to be responding to the scene at Parkhurst Road having been...

Firefighters have been called back to a farm on Folly Lane in East Cowes this afternoon (Monday) following last night's hay bale fire. Crews are currently damping down an area around 10m x 10m in size having been mobilised to...

The Caralee, which caught the 7ft mine in its nets An 'earthquake' measuring 3.0 on the richter scale was picked up off the coast of the Isle of Wight by seismographs across the world today (Sunday) - but all is...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a farm in East Cowes where a number of hay bales are alight this evening (Sunday). Multiple fire appliances from across the Island have been called to Padmore...

The National Police Air Support helicopter from RAF Benson in Oxford is circling the skies above Newport this afternoon (Sunday) as a search for a local man gets underway.  Police are said to be located on the ground at Carisbrooke...

A 7ft wartime sea mine is set to be detonated off the West coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Saturday) after being picked up by a fishing vessel off The Needles. As just gone 08:00 this morning a...

Wightlink have been forced to cancel 4 cross-Solent sailings today (Saturday) due to a technical issue. The operator says that an essential piece of equipment on board one of their ships has developed a fault. It has been confirmed that...