First reported by Island Echo

Drugs, a knife and a knuckle duster were all seized when Police raided a property in Ryde this morning (Wednesday) - but no arrests have been made. It was at around 08:00 that officers - some clad in riot gear...

Red Funnel has been forced to cancel 6 of its hi-speed Red Jet sailings this morning (Tuesday) due to staffing issues. In total 6 key commuter crossings have been pulled including the 06:05, 07:15 and 08:25 sailings from Southampton and...

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing or inciting a girl aged between 13 and 15 to engage in sexual activity after Police descended on a property in Sandown over the weekend (Sunday). Hampshire & Isle of...

Burnt cooking, which triggered a smoke alarm at a property in the West Wight, led to a call out for firefighters earlier this afternoon (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised crews from Freshwater and Southsea...

54-year-old Jason Stevenson is to appear in court charged with slashing a man's face with a knife in the rural village of Brighstone earlier this year. It was on 24th March that a man in his 20s was seriously assaulted...

2 teenage boys - aged just 13 and 15 - have been arrested after allegedly stealing a car and crashing it into the front garden of a property in Freshwater this morning (Monday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police...

A dog that took a 200ft plunge over the cliff at Tennyson Down was successfully rescued by the volunteers of Freshwater Independent Lifeboat this afternoon (Wednesday). It was around 12:10 that HM Coastguard was alerted to the plight of Ted,...

Firefighters are tackling a small flat fire in the middle of Newport town centre this afternoon (Wednesday). 2 appliances from Newport are on scene at St James’ Street, where smoke has been seen issuing from a second floor window above...

An elderly woman is being treated by paramedics after being knocked down by a car on the zebra crossing in Apse Heath this morning (Wednesday). The incident, involving a Mercedes SLK, has occurred outside the Premier convenience store at the...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat responded to a pre-dawn emergency this morning (Monday) when it joined in an urgent search for someone reported to have disappeared off Southampton’s Itchen Bridge. Having launched at 05:25, the lifeboat proceeded to relieve Calshot RNLI and...