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A 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence following an incident at an address in Sandown last night (Thursday). Police received reports of a man with a weapon...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been called into action this afternoon (Thursday) and has landed on the playing fields at Ryde School. The life-saving helicopter is thought to have been requested by the Isle of Wight...

The Cowes Floating Bridge has been taken out of service tonight (Wednesday) due to a mechanical fault - a fault which is not expected to be repaired until tomorrow afternoon. Shortly before 21:45 a hydraulic ram on the vessel developed...

A man aboard an 18ft launch encountered, quite literally, bags of trouble late last night (Tuesday), and ended up requiring the assistance of Cowes RNLI lifeboat. Solent Coastguard received reports that the launch had fouled its propeller midstream in the...

The Isle of Wight Council are yet to issue housing benefit payments to thousands of Islanders, but officials say they will pay bank charges and write to the landlords of those affected. As first reported by Island Echo yesterday, around...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian and a motorcycle on Wilton Road in Shanklin this morning (Wednesday). Police were called to the scene following reports of a collision involving a pedestrian at 08:05. The Isle...

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued by local forecasters IW Met Service tonight (Tuesday). Spells of rain will arrive as the night progresses before turning heavy, potentially torrential, overnight and into the first part of tomorrow...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts are working alongside HM Coastguard at a beach in the West Wight tonight (Tuesday).  It is at Totland Beach that a possible piece of ordnance has been discovered. Freshwater Independent Lifeboat and The Needles Coastguard...

The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team from Portsmouth are at an address in Ryde this evening (Tuesday) following the discovery of what is thought to be a grenade.  The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts are currently on scene at Copsefield...

Police are responding to concerns for the welfare of a woman on Whitwell Road near Ventnor this afternoon (Tuesday). 5 units are currently in attendance on the main Ventnor to Whitwell road close to St Lawrence Shute. Island Echo readers...