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UPDATED: Police have closed the main road into Yarmouth this afternoon (Monday) as a result of a road traffic collision near Cranmore. The incident has taken place on the A3054 Bouldnor Road between Shalfleet and Thorley. Emergency services are on...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending an electricity substation in Cowes this morning (Monday). 2 appliances from Newport have been mobilised to York Street following reports of smoke issuing from a substation. The alarm was...

UPDATED: Police have arrested a man following a pursuit through the streets of Pan Estate this morning (Sunday). At around 09:00 officers began their chase of a Ford Focus down through Furrlongs, along Robin Hood Street and up Highfield Road....

UPDATED: A man has been airlifted to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth this afternoon (Saturday) after sustaining an injury whilst onboard a vessel in Newtown Creek. Coastguard Rescue helicopter 175 was scrambled to the remote inlet between Thorness and Hamstead,...

UPDATED: The National Police Air Service Helicopter is assisting officers on the ground with an ongoing incident in East Cowes this morning (Saturday), which has also prompted the attendance of forensic investigators. Several Police vehicles have been in and around...

Ryan Cooper, who killed Isle of Wight man Gary 'Jeff' Stacey with a single punch back in February 2016, has today (Friday) lost an appeal against his manslaughter conviction. Cooper was sentenced to 6 years in prison in April last...

Police on the Isle of wight have released an e-fit image of a man they would like to speak to after a suspicious incident at Pan Fields in Newport. At some point between 17:00 and 18:00 on Wednesday (13th June)...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault that took place in Shanklin early yesterday morning (Thursday) to come forward with information. As first reported by Island Echo, officers were called to an assault on Regent Street at 00:40 during...

A car has crashed into a sign post on Whitepit Lane in Newport this morning (Friday), resulting in the closure of the road.  A black Jaguar has come to an abrupt stop after crashing head on into a no entry...

UPDATED: Thousands of homes and businesses across the Isle of Wight are experiencing intermittent power supply issues this evening (Thursday). Island Echo readers from Ryde in the East to Freshwater in the West are reporting multiple occurrences of losing power...