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A man and a woman have been arrested following an altercation on the Esplanade in Ryde last night (Monday). Police were called at 22:12 with reports of an altercation between a man and a woman at Ryde Esplanade, near the...

Police on the Isle of Wight have released images of 4 people they want to speak to in connection with the theft of more than £2,000 of goods from Asda. Between 13:00 and 13:30 on Saturday 31st May - nearly...

A 30-year-old woman from Sandown has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after rolling a car onto its roof in Newport earlier this morning (Tuesday). As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to Whitepit Lane at...

A busy road in Newport is blocked in both directions this morning (Tuesday) as a result of a car smashing into a parked vehicle and rolling onto its side. Police and paramedics are currently on scene at Whitepit Lane, outside...

Fears that a firearm was located inside a Sandown property led to the deployment of Armed Police last night (Sunday) - but it has been confirmed that no weapons were located. A total of 11 units were deployed to Victoria...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed behind a property in Ryde this lunchtime (Monday) in response to a life-threatening medical emergency. It was around 11:00 that the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service responded to a property...

A prolonged spell of hot and sunny weather is on the way for the Isle of Wight, with temperatures expected to rise steadily throughout the week, with the mercury hitting 32c by the weekend. Forecasters at IW Met Service say...

A residential street in Sandown has been cordoned off tonight (Sunday) amid a major response by Police, with Armed Response Officers taking up position outside an address ‘taken over by squatters’. It was sometime before 21:30 that Police initially responded...

An object spotted in the water off the coast of the East Wight led to the launch of Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat late this afternoon (Sunday). It was just before 17:25 that Solent Coastguard was alerted to a potential...

The hunt is on for a black Mercedes that is alleged to have smashed into 2 parked cars before being driven away from the scene in Ryde overnight. A pale green Fiat 500 and a grey Toyota Yaris were both...