First reported by Island Echo

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...

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of robbery after an incident in East Cowes on Wednesday, in which a shopworker was assaulted and left with a broken nose. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is appealing for witnesses...

The Co-Op on the High Street in Sandown has been cordoned off by Police following a serious break-in overnight. Officers are maintaining a scene guard around the entrance to the store this morning (Friday) having been initially deployed at around...

Police were called to a residential address in Ryde earlier this week (Tuesday) where the body of a man in his 50s was discovered. Officers were called at 10:25 on 13th February with concerns raised for the welfare of a...

A cyclist is being rushed to hospital under blue lights and sirens after being hit by a vehicle in Ryde this evening (Wednesday). Emergency services were alerted to the collision on West Street at just before 18:30, with the Isle...

Yet another revised timetable introduced on Red Funnel's Red Jet service yesterday (Tuesday) is to now continue into Thursday, it has been announced. Red Jet 6 was once again pulled from service on Tuesday due to an interceptor seal failure....