First reported by Island Echo

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a fire in an outbuilding behind Stotesbury’s fish and chip shop in the centre of Newport this morning (Thursday). 5 appliances from Newport, Cowes and Ryde are on the...

Police have been alerted to an indecent exposure incident in which a male revealed himself and started masturbating in front of 2 women in amongst the woods at Parkhurst Forest earlier today (Tuesday).  At around 13:30 this afternoon, in broad...

Police carried out a drugs raid on 2 commercial premises in Shanklin yesterday morning (Monday), seizing a quantity of suspected Class B drugs. As part of an ongoing investigation into the suspected supply of drugs on the Isle of Wight,...

An underground fire on a residential road in Lake has prompted a response from firefighters and electrical engineers this morning (Tuesday). 2 appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, 1 from Shanklin and 1 from Ryde,...

A dog jumping out of a car window has caused a crash on a main road in Sandown this morning (Tuesday). The crash occurred shortly before 10:30 at the bottom of Broadway near the junction with Avenue Road. A red...

The activation of a locator device indicating that a person may have gone overboard off the coast of the Isle of Wight prompted the launch of both lifeboats from Bembridge last night (Monday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Bembridge...

A 26-year-old man from Newport has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a car which was then found near the cliff edge at Compton yesterday afternoon (Sunday). Police, fire and Coastguard teams responded to the scene at just before 16:00...

A flatbed van has collided with a wall in Apse Heath tonight (Friday), resulting in a Police response.  Emergency services were alerted to reports that a vehicle - described by Island Echo readers as a Transit tipper - had left...

At least 1 person has been conveyed to hospital following a 3-car shunt on The Broadway in Sandown tonight (Thursday). Police and paramedics are currently on scene near the junction of Melville Street having been alerted to the multiple vehicle...

Police investigating the assault of a traffic warden outside a school in Newport earlier this week have bailed a man they arrested in connection with the incident. As first reported by Island Echo, an Isle of Wight traffic warden was...