First reported by Island Echo

A power cut is affecting 1,800 properties in the Wootton area this evening (Sunday), which has also knocked out the traffic lights at 2 busy junctions. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say that the outage in the PO33 4 region...

Concerns a missing person may have been in the water off Ventnor prompted the immediate launch of Bembridge’s All Weather Lifeboat earlier this evening (Friday).  At just before 18:30, Solent Coastguard paged the volunteers of Bembridge RNLI to man the...

A rear-end shunt is causing delays on the dual carriageway this afternoon (Friday). The incident occurred at around 14:00 and has seen 2 cars collide in the inside lane - heading southbound toward Coppins Bridge. Officers from Hampshire & Isle...

A man found to be doused in petrol was detained under the Mental Health Act in Ventnor last night (Thursday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was alerted to concerns for the welfare of a male inside a property at...

Whitecroft & Barton Sports inflicted Shanklin's only defeat against an Island League side this season to win the Island Echo Challenge Cup on Thursday evening. W&B dominated the game in part due to poor discipline from a Shanklin side that...

A broken mast and a rope wrapped around the propeller of an ocean-going yacht led to the launch of Bembridge Lifeboat this afternoon (Thursday). At 12:35, Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the All Weather Lifeboat from Bembridge to assist an ex-Volvo...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating a dog snatching after a Fox Red Labrador was stolen from her kennel in Calbourne at the weekend. Ruby, a 9-year-old lab, was taken from the Lynch Lane area between Calbourne and...

It has been revealed that The Wildheart Trust plans to create a glamping facility on 5 acres of land at the rear of its sanctuary at Sandown. As reported by Island Echo, The Wildheart Trust had previously asked to be...

A raid by immigration officials on an Indian restaurant in Newport has resulted in a penalty referral notice being issued by the Home Office. Immigration enforcement officers visited Tamarind on St James' Street last Wednesday (26th April). The property was surrounded to...

A woman cut off by the tide at the base of Culver Down has been winched to safety - alongside a lifeboat crew member going to her assistance - in a joint operation between the Coastguard Helicopter, Coastguard Rescue Teams...