First reported by Island Echo

A new Special School for those with special educational needs and disabilities will be built on the Isle of Wight, the Government has confirmed this afternoon (Wednesday). A multimillion-pound bid to the Department for Education for a new free school...

A power cut is affecting over 1,800 homes and businesses in the Sandown area this morning (Wednesday). The outage in the PO36 region was reported at just before 08:00. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks say they are aware of the...

A child threatening to jump from the railway bridge on Ryde Esplanade earlier this afternoon is now safe in the care of Police. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary deployed units to the Esplanade, near the bus station, at 16:17...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman in Cowes with officers successfully locating their suspect in a property close to the Police Station in Newport this afternoon (Tuesday).  As part of their efforts to find the...

Hundreds of homes and businesses in Newport have been left without water this afternoon (Tuesday) as a result of a burst water main. It's understood that a 6-inch pipe has gone in the vicinity of Parkhurst Road, between Newport and...

Cowes Sports’ Tommy Jackson has been crowned England Beach Soccer’s Player of the Year. 23-year-old Tommy – who plays for Malaga in Spain – was presented with the award at a ceremony held at the Village Hotel in Portsmouth on...

Police and paramedics responded at speed to a residential estate in Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday) over concerns for the welfare of a woman. At just before 13:25, multiple Police units were called to Amherst Place off Marlborough Road to a...

Island Roads will once again be deploying its fleet of gritters across the Isle of Wight overnight. Predicted low temperatures mean that gritters will be hitting the road network during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Wednesday). The usual routes...

Commuters heading to and from the Isle of Wight are once again being hit with travel disruption as Red Funnel cancels a number of Red Jet crossings this morning (Monday). After several weeks of disruption, there are yet more issues...

A crash involving 3 vehicles in Carisbrooke has led to an emergency response by Police and paramedics this lunchtime (Sunday). The incident has occurred on The Mall at the junction with Trafalgar Road and has involved a Range Rover Velar,...