First reported by Island Echo

Isle of Wight Division 2 football club Oakfield FC - based at Slade Road in Ryde - have folded. Oakfield have cancelled 5 games in a row as they have been unable to raise a side. In the 3 games...

A 46-year-old man and a 29-year-old man have been arrested after another man was shot in the eye with a BB gun in Ryde last night (Tuesday). Police were called at 23:34 to reports of an assault at an address...

A car has been left upside in a field after the driver seemingly lost control on a bend in Chillerton overnight. Residents in the rural Central Wight village awoke this morning (Wednesday) to see the SUV upside down in a...

Police are keeping guard over a flat in the heart of Ryde following a serious incident overnight which saw officers deployed to the Town Centre during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). A cordon has been erected outside a...

Specially trained officers from the Prison Service's 'Tornado' team were drafted in to deal with what is understood to have been a hostage situation at HMP Isle of Wight yesterday (Monday), Island Echo can exclusively reveal. The dramatic situation began...

A man in his 60s has been taken to hospital following a collision between a motorcycle and car in Cowes this morning (Tuesday). Police were called at around 11:10 to reports of a road traffic collision on Mill Hill Road....

42-year-old David Dunford has been charged over a recent spate of graffiti spraying in Ryde, with a further arrest made as Police probe other graffiti tagging in Newport and Wootton. As first reported by Island Echo yesterday (Monday), Police made...

An urgent search to locate a missing person was launched in the East Wight last night (Monday), but the individual returned home of their own accord. It was at around 21:30 that Police responded to St Helens, with several officers...

Mobile phone network provider O2 is on the move in Newport, relocating further up the High Street from its existing location. For more than 15 years, O2 has been based at the junction of Holyrood Street, High Street and Quay...

A power cut is affecting more than 1,100 households and businesses in the Godshill, Roud, Whiteley Bank and Wroxall areas this morning. The outage hit the South Wight at around 08:40 and is currently affecting 107 postcodes in the PO36,...