First reported by Island Echo

Emergency services have been called to a road traffic collision on Bleak Down between Rookley and Niton this evening (Monday). The crash has occurred on a bend between the junctions of Chequers Inn Road and Beacon Alley. A Mini One...

The 88-year-old driver of a Lexus, which ploughed into an elderly pedestrian before balancing over the sea wall in Shanklin, has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving. John Mather, of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, is to appear...

Emergency works by Southern Water to replace a broken sewer main in a field near Brading have resulted in the closure of a busy cut-through route. It was on Friday night that contractors arrived at West Lane - the road...

Island Roads has once again closed Morton Common - the main road between Ryde and Sandown - due to flooding of the carriageway. Overnight the water levels on the Eastern Yar rose to such an extent that the road became...

The driver of a Peugeot that crashed into a hedge on the outskirts of Brading last night (Saturday), having narrowly missed a barrier, suffered a minor injury. Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to Morton Common,...

Some residents of East Cowes have awoken this morning (Saturday) to find their cars unlocked and the doors wide open.  Many residents in the Osborne Road area of the North Wight town have been ‘targeted’ overnight. It is believed the...

Firefighters are tackling a large blaze at the derelict Parkbury Hotel in Sandown this morning (Saturday). 6 pumping appliances from stations across the Island, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit are all on scene at Broadway, where...

Former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, paid a visit to Ryde today (Friday) where she met local business people and even got behind the bar at Yelfs Hotel. Top of the agenda during today's visit was the future opportunities for Ryde...

The owner of a boat that smashed into rocks in the West Wight back in September 2022 has been handed a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £20,000 by a Judge. Following a joint investigation by the Maritime and...

Police have confirmed that £5,000 was stolen from the Co-Op in Sandown last night (Thursday), with 2 men from Southampton arrested as they headed for the Red Funnel ferry. As first reported by Island Echo, officers were deployed to the...