First reported by Island Echo

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to Sandown for the second time in 24 hours - this time to a medical emergency at Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club.  Flying medics took off from the air...

A suspected drug dealer is in custody after being caught getting off the Isle of Wight ferry with what is thought to be Class A drugs in his vehicle. Police stopped the vehicle as it disembarked from the Wightlink ferry...

A fall on the beach at one of the Island’s most popular tourist hotspots has led to a call out for the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard this afternoon (Wednesday). At around 14:40, the Ambulance Service was...

A suspected spinal injury sustained after a fall from the sea wall at Sandown has led to the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance being scrambled to Sandown this morning (Wednesday). The pedestrian was walking along the pavement near...

Firefighters have been called to the railway line in Sandown this morning (Wednesday) as a result of electrical arcing setting fire to discarded materials on the track. It was around 10:00 that crews from Ryde and Shanklin were mobilised to...

A 36-year-old man is in custody following an assault on 2 teenagers in Oakfield, Ryde last night (Tuesday). Police were called to reports of an assault against a boy and a girl on Oak Vale at around 19:00. 6 officers...

Guests were evacuated from Seaview Hotel in the middle of the night when 'towelling materials' caught fire. It was just before 02:30 that the alarms at the prestigious hotel were activated as a result of a fire on the first...

Police are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage following a serious collision in Freshwater yesterday evening (Monday) that saw a motorcyclist airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called at about 18:30...

Firefighters from Newport, Cowes and Ryde were mobilised to a fire at Efes Barbers in Newport late last night (Monday). 5 appliances and an Aerial Ladder Platform were sent to the High Street at 23:22 when reports were received by...

A motorcyclist has been airlifted to Southampton General Hospital with potentially serious injuries following a crash between a motorcycle and a car on Military Road at Freshwater. Emergency services were called to the scene overlooking Freshwater Bay at around 18:25...