First reported by Island Echo

Wightlink's Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service is running with delays of 90 minutes today (Friday) due to a mechanical issue with 1 of the ferries. The cross-Solent operator advised earlier this morning that customers can expect their sailings to be delayed...

29-year-old Ronnie Morris has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent after allegedly shooting a man in the eye with a BB gun earlier this week. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called at 23:34 on...

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...