First reported by Island Echo

A 49-year-old man has been arrested after being detained at gunpoint by Armed Police in Ryde this afternoon (Monday). 4 Armed Response officers descended on The Veteran pub - formerly The Marine Bar - on the corner of Esplanade and...

A rear-end shunt involving several vehicles on a main road in Ryde is causing  travel delays in the area this afternoon (Monday). The incident has occurred on the West Street crossing outside Ryde School. No one is thought to have...

Police have closed off the Town Centre in Newport this afternoon (Monday) as a result of a collision between a lorry and a pedestrian. The incident has occurred on the High Street at the junction with St James' Square, outside...

Flooding across the railway tracks at Ryde has forced the cancellation of Island Line trains this morning (Monday). Heavy rain overnight has flooded low-lying land between St Johns and Smallbrook, meaning trains are unable to operate between Ryde Pier Head...

A night of torrential rain on top of several wet days has led to an ‘act now’ flood warning being put in force for the Carisbrooke and Hunnyhill areas, alongside flood alerts for St John’s in Ryde, the Eastern Yar...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is in attendance at a commercial premises in the heart of Newport this morning (Sunday), with firefighters making entry into the building. 3 appliances from Newport and Cowes, plus the Aerial...

Red Funnel’s hi-speed Red Jet service is suspended once again this morning (Sunday) due to the adverse weather conditions. Services between West Cowes and Southampton have been brought to a halt, with the cross-Solent operator stating that the safety of passengers...

Police, HM Coastguard and Ryde Inshore Rescue are all involved in an ongoing incident at Ryde Esplanade this afternoon (Saturday), where a male is evading Police by wading through the sea. Emergency teams have taken up position at the dry...

A fallen tree has forced the suspension of Island Line trains this morning (Saturday). Adverse weather conditions have led to the tree falling across the tracks and blocking the railway between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin. As a result, train services...

More than 600 households have been hit by a power cut in the Ashey and Brading areas this morning (Saturday). Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say that a total of 75 postcodes have been affected by the outage, which struck at...