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A firearm and 2 knives have been seized by Armed Police following the arrest of a 24-year-old man in East Cowes, who has been detained on suspicion of false imprisonment. At just gone 09:00 this morning, Hampshire & Isle of...

An Isle of Wight police officer has been charged with a criminal offence following an incident in December 2022, which led to the wrongful arrest of a member of the public. PC James Martin, from Shanklin, is alleged to have...

Lynnbottom tip will remain closed today (Monday) as a fire is still smouldering away, posing a risk to members of the public. It was at around 19:30 last night that a blaze broke out at the household waste and recycling...

A teenage boy from Freshwater who was arrested on suspicion of terror offences last year will face no further action, with the case against him now dropped. Counter Terrorism police, supported by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, moved in...

A woman in her 30s has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act following an incident in Sandown this morning (Friday), in which a car was destroyed by fire. Police were called at 03:56 to reports that a car had...

Reports of a coffee roaster alight at an industrial unit in Rookley has prompted a response from firefighters this morning (Tuesday). 3 appliances from Newport, Sandown and Shanklin - as well as an aerial ladder platform from Newport - were...

The body of a woman has tragically been pulled from the sea in Shanklin this morning (Sunday). It was around 09:40 that HM Coastguard was alerted to a possible person in the water off the Esplanade, prompting the launch of...

No significant injuries were sustained when a newly qualified driver lost control of their vehicle after clipping a wall in Yarmouth this afternoon (Thursday). Police were called to the scene on Hallets Shute at around 16:00 to reports of a...

The driver of a Ford Focus ST has been hospitalised with serious injuries following a head-on crash with a double decker bus during the early hours of this morning (Thursday), with Police now appealing for witnesses and seeking to identify...

An 83-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an incident at a home in Sandown yesterday morning (Friday). As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed to a bungalow on The Ridgeway, off Perowne Way,...