First reported by Island Echo

Police have closed the road between Cowes and Thorness this evening (Thursday) as a result of a road traffic collision. Rolls Hill has been closed in both directions with motorists being turned away from the area. It’s at least the...

A telephone cable has been brought down across the carriageway on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Thursday). A Skoda Fabia has collided head-on into a telegraph pole on Carters Road. This has resulted in a cable being snapped and...

Police are appealing for information after vandals caused extensive damage to a window at Ryde's Iceland store in the early hours of this morning. Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at around 03:10 this morning (Thursday)...

Firefighters from Newport and Ryde responded to a block of flats in Cowes earlier this morning (Thursday) when smoke was seen issuing from a property. At just after 08:30, reports were received in the control room that an alarm was...

Do you know this person? A CCTV image of a woman who is wanted in connection with an alleged high value theft of make up in Newport has been released. Approximately £515 worth of Maybelline lipstick and lip crayons were...

Police are in attendance at Marlborough Road in Ryde this afternoon (Wednesday) where the driver of a Mazda has ploughed into a parked car. The incident has involved a Mazda 2 and a Citroen C4 Cactus and has taken place...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has announced a major change this afternoon (Tuesday), with a merger all but in name with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust which will see the 2 trusts share a Chief Executive, Executive team and...

35-year-old Ben Entwistle, who armed himself with knives and carried out violent behaviour in Shanklin, has been sent back to prison after an incident in 2021 that saw him arrested by Armed Police. On the afternoon of Friday 17th December...

A burst water main in Winford has not only left hundreds of properties without water but has flooded the road. Local residents in the Newchurch and Winford areas say that pressure was low this morning (Monday), but by lunchtime supply...

A man who was tasered by Police and sprayed in the face with PAVA spray remains in custody following an incident in Ryde last night (Sunday), which resulted in a car showroom window being smashed. Police were called to East Street...