First reported by Island Echo

The Wightlink car ferry is suffering delays of 60 minutes this afternoon (Friday) due to an issue with the boarding ramp at the Gunwharf terminal in Portsmouth. The cross-Solent operator is warning customers of hour-long delays on the Fishbourne to...

An unplanned power outage in Cowes is affecting 580 households and businesses across 72 postcodes this afternoon (Friday). The outage was reported shortly before 14:00 with SSEN hoping that power will be restored by 18:00 with an engineer being despatched....

25-year-old McCauley Silverthorne has been jailed after being found guilty of seriously injuring an innocent 4-week-old baby on the Isle of Wight, causing the child to sustain 29 fractures. Silverthorne, of Trafalgar Road in Newport, was convicted of causing or allowing...

An 18-year-old man is being questioned by Police on suspicion of stealing a car which he is alleged to have then crashed in Chale during the early hours of this morning (Friday). It was reported to Hampshire & Isle of...

Police on the Isle of Wight have launched an urgent search for a missing man this evening (Thursday). It's understood that the individual is considered to be at high risk of harm, meaning additional resources are being put into locating the male...

Police have arrested 2 men in their 50s following separate incidents within 4 hours of one another at a residential address in Ryde this morning (Thursday).  Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to Arundel Close at...

South Western Railway has confirmed that Ryde's brand new ticket office will soon be closed, as will the ticket office at Shanklin, under national plans announced today (Tuesday). Proposals put forward will see the closure of all ticket offices across...

A man in his 90s narrowly escaped tragedy when his mobility scooter went over a clifftop at The Needles and plummeted 400ft onto the rocks below. Emergency services were called to the scene close to the Needles Old Battery around...

A vessel which got into trouble while competing in the Round the Island Race on Saturday (1st July) was safely brought ashore this morning (Tuesday) after drifting half way around the Isle of Wight. The Farrier 27, called Origami, was...

3 people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the supply of drugs after a large quantity of cannabis was found in a vehicle in Cowes yesterday evening (Monday). Officers moved in on the car in the supermarket...