First reported by Island Echo

The lives of lifeboat volunteers were put in potential danger in some of the ‘worst conditions ever seen’ earlier this afternoon (Wednesday) when a suspected hoax caller reported that a vessel was sinking near to the Nab Tower.  Solent Coastguard...

35-year-old Tobias Green has been charged with Section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent, assault and indecent exposure following an incident in Sandown at the weekend.  It was on Saturday afternoon that Police descended on Fort Street amid an allegation...

The driver of a Ford has ploughed into a parked BMW, shunting it forwards into a lamp post, on a main road in East Cowes this morning (Wednesday). Police and paramedics are currently in attendance at the 2-car crash on...

3 people have been arrested and questioned by Police following a serious assault in Newport town centre on Christmas Eve, which left 2 people with head injuries. Shortly before 22:00 on 24th December, Police and paramedics were called to Newport...

3 people have been arrested and questioned by Police following a serious assault in Newport town centre on Christmas Eve, which left 2 people with head injuries. Shortly before 22:00 on 24th December, Police and paramedics were called to Newport...

Parts of Newport Bus Station have been cordoned off tonight (Christmas Eve) as Police launch an investigation into what is understood to be a serious assault. Within the past hour Police and paramedics have attended to an injured person within...

Police have launched an investigation after an expensive off-road electric motorcycle was stolen in Newport overnight, with 3 garages and a family home broken into. The black and white 72v e-motorcycle - worth £6,000 - was stolen from a garage...

Volunteer crew members from Bembridge RNLI manned the lifeboat during the early hours of this morning (Christmas Eve) to assist a lone sailor in the Solent. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the All Weather Lifeboat at just before 03:45...

Wightlink has been forced to suspend its Yarmouth-Lymington ferry service for the remainder of the day due to what is being called a ‘catastrophic engine failure’ on board Wight Sky. The cross-Solent operator says that it has cancelled all further...

The driver of a Ford Fiesta that led Police on a pursuit towards Brading, narrowly missing other vehicles on the road, is still being sought tonight (Thursday). At around 10:10 this morning, officers spotted a red Ford Fiesta being driven...