First reported by Island Echo

Firefighters are tackling a vehicle fire which has forced the closure of the main Newport to Cowes road this afternoon (Thursday). A Mercedes convertible has gone up in flames at the side of the road near to the County Showground....

Cross-Solent operator Wightlink is advising of 2-hour delays to its Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service this morning (Thursday) - but the reason remains unclear. Every single ferry to and from the Isle of Wight on the busy route is listed as...

Police have confirmed that the elderly driver of a Kia that crashed into a wall in Ventnor yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) has sustained serious injuries. Police were called by ambulance colleagues to Leeson Road at around 14:42 when a Kia Pride...

Households across the Isle of Wight can expect a new waste collection calendar to drop through the letterbox soon, alongside new stickers which are being distributed to help rid the 'Amey' brand from wheelie bins. The existing calendar expires this...

A 43-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man have been arrested and questioned in connection with suspected drug dealing after their car was stopped in Apse Heath yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). At around 15:00, officers stopped a silver Peugeot 206 on Newport...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance landed in the car park at Red Funnel's Southampton terminal this morning (Tuesday) in response to a passenger suffering a medical emergency on board the Red Falcon. Several vehicles from both Police...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses to a sexual assault during which a woman in her 20s was inappropriately touched whilst travelling on a bus. The incident happened on the Route 3 bus, between Ventnor and...

A lorry that has left the road near Yaverland after its driver took evasive action to avoid an oncoming vehicle has been prevented from rolling over by a road sign. Island Echo is told that a car exited Culver Down Road...

Firefighters, paramedics and police are in attendance at a 2-car road traffic collision on the main road between Newport and Godshill this morning (Tuesday), in which a car has overturned and come to a stop upside down on its roof....

A yellow weather warning has been issued for the Isle of Wight tomorrow morning (Tuesday), with Islanders being urged to take care due to the risk of black ice. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that evening showers will leave...