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Police are appealing for any witnesses to yesterday's crash in Whippingham, in which 2 people were seriously injured, to come forward. As previously reported by Island Echo, 3 vehicles were involved in a head-on collision on the main East Cowes...

UPDATED: Emergency services have responded to a single vehicle road traffic collision on Middle Road near Calbourne this morning (Tuesday). A van has ended up on its roof on the main Newport to Freshwater road, between The Blacksmith Arms and...

UPDATED: Police, fire and ambulance crews are responding to a multi-vehicle road traffic collision at Whippingham this evening (Monday). At least 2 vehicles have been involved in the crash on the A3021 Whippingham Road. Fire appliances from Newport and East...

Officers from Newport’s Neighbourhood Policing Team have made a number of arrests following reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the town over the weekend. Police have also been carrying out regular patrols in key locations like Church Litten, the bus...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are attending to a cyclist who has been injured following a road traffic incident in Shanklin this afternoon (Monday). It is thought the elderly gentleman has come off his pushbike at the top...

UPDATED: Police are investigating reports that a man flashed his genitalia in public in the rural village of Brighstone yesterday afternoon (Sunday). The incident is said to have occurred between Wilberforce Road and Pippins Close in the area of Shippards Road....

A busy road in Ryde has been closed by Island Roads to allow for emergency repair work by Southern Gas Networks.  Pellhurst Road has been closed between Pell Lane and Arthur's Street for a distance of 136 metres. The closure...

A one-way traffic restriction on Staplers Road in Newport is set to come into force later this morning (Monday) and last until at least April. Southern Water are investing £400,000 in the renewal of a 500m water main which will...

UPDATED: 'Put a stop to it before someone gets hurt' - that is the message from an Isle of Wight mum who has been left shaken after the car she was travelling in was attacked in Newport Town Centre tonight...

UPDATED: Police responded to Brownlow Road in Lake earlier this evening (Sunday) where they conducted a search of the local area. Officers descended on the quiet residential street off Lake Hill at around 16:45 following an emergency call shortly after...