First reported by Island Echo

Police have confirmed that the pursuit of a car seen driving erratically and at speed last night (Friday) ended dramatically when the vehicle crashed. Officers patrolling the Ningwood area of the West Wight noticed a vehicle driving erratically and at...

A driver’s failure to negotiate a sharp bend on the outskirts of the rural village of Wellow, which resulted in a crash, led to a turn out of emergency services late last night (Friday). Police, fire and ambulance crews were...

Punters at a pub in Ryde were locked in for their own safety after a man was seen roaming the streets with a knife during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Staff at Wetherspoons on Union Street are said...

A search for an object seen floating in the sea off Sandown has been scaled up as darkness descends this evening (Thursday), with multiple resources from HM Coastguard now involved in the operation.  2 Coastguard Rescue Teams, Sandown & Shanklin...

Police on the Isle of Wight are hunting for 30-year-old Nino Cavanagh, who is wanted in connection with an assault in Ventnor. Cavanagh, of no fixed abode, is sought following an incident on 12th November. Officers have been conducting extensive...

A body has been recovered from the sea at Freshwater Bay, Police have confirmed. The news marks a tragic end to a search and rescue operation that was launched to locate a person reported to be in the water at...

A multi-agency search and rescue operation has been launched to locate a person reported to be in the water off Freshwater Bay this morning (Thursday). HM Coastguard is coordinating the response to the ongoing incident, which began at around 09:35....

Police have launched an investigation following a serious assault inside the walls of HMP Isle of Wight - believed to be on a prison officer. The incident is said to have taken place at the Albany site on Friday evening...

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...