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A 24-year-old woman from Wroxall has been charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis following a road traffic collision in Newport during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Police received a report of a road traffic...

A storeroom at Northwood Primary School has been damaged after a car crashed into it during the early hours of this morning (Friday). Wyatts Lane has been partially closed as a result of the damage caused to the brick-built structure,...

A tree has crashed down and hit a car on one of the main roads between Newport and the West Wight this evening (Thursday). Middle Road is currently blocked in both directions between The Blacksmith Arms and Elm Lane, Calbourne...

2 teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of arson following a barn fire on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Thursday). As first reported by Island Echo, the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to reports of...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a barn fire at Upton on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Thursday). The barn, which is full of hay bales, is well alight. 2 appliances are already on scene...

A man and 2 children have been rescued by Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat some 500m out to sea in a small rubber dinghy tonight (Wednesday).  Passing Police officers spotted the trio a significant distance off of Shanklin Seafront and...

The volunteers of Bembridge RNLI lifeboat have launched into choppy seas off the East of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Tuesday) in response to a yacht adrift. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Bembridge's All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) at...

A tree has crashed down onto a camper van at Appley Park in Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday), leading to an emergency response by fire crews, paramedics and Police. Shortly before 14:15 it was reported that the occupants of the van...

Police on the Isle of Wight have seized a total of 65 dogs from a van and a house in Cowes overnight after concerns were raised for their welfare. Local residents stopped a van in its tracks on Fellows Road...

Firefighters from Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Newport have responded to reports of a property fire at an address on Perowne Way in Sandown this morning (Monday).   3 appliances - with crews rigged in breathing apparatus - have been mobilised...