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Police and volunteers from WightSAR are conducting a search for a woman who has gone missing from a holiday camp in Wootton on the Isle of Wight. Local residents say they are being asked to keep an eye out for...

Firefighters from Ryde are tackling a shed fire in a residential area of Bembridge this lunchtime (Monday). 2 appliances are on scene at Downs View Road where a blaze has destroyed at least 1 garden shed and has spread to...

Police on the Isle of Wight have launched an investigation following the discovery of 1 person deceased and another in a life-threatening condition at a cottage on the outskirts of Chillerton. Emergency services were called to an address on Berry...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised to a property fire in Ryde this morning (Sunday). Crews were called at around 11:45 to smoke coming from a residential property on Park Road, between Riboleau Street and Player...

Police have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm (ABH) following an incident in Shanklin this morning (Saturday). A notable number of officers descended on Landguard Road sometime after 09:00 when the control room received reports...

Fire crews from Ryde and Newport have responded to reports of a burning smell coming from a kitchen appliance at a property in Wootton this lunchtime (Friday). 2 appliances were mobilised to Church Road at around 11:50 after a homeowner...

HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are involved in a multi agency operation to rescue a dog that has gone over the cliff at Devil’s Chimney near Ventnor this afternoon (Wednesday). Firefighters from Ryde, Shanklin...

Police have arrested an Isle of Wight man on suspicion of rape following an incident in broad daylight in Ventnor yesterday (Tuesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, officers sealed off an area of the graveyard at St Catherine's Church...

A graveyard in the middle of Ventnor has been cordoned off by Police tonight (Tuesday) as they investigate an alleged serious sexual assault in the town. Officers have established a scene at St Catherine’s Church as investigations into the incident,...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is attending an off-road motorcycle crash in a remote area of Lake this lunchtime (Monday).  2 ambulances and a paramedic officer are on scene in fields between Sandown Airport and Shanklin &...