First reported by Island Echo

46-year-old Nerijus Suminskas has been charged with attempted robbery after allegedly trying to steal a handbag from a woman in the car park of St Mary's Hospital yesterday morning (Wednesday). Police were called at 08:06 after a man had allegedly...

Disruptive works to repair a sewer pipe on Queens Road in Ryde will continue into 2023, with a full road closure expected in the New Year for a period of 3 months, Island Echo can reveal. It was back in...

New data has revealed that the Isle of Wight has the highest number of cases of scarlet fever in the country. In the week to 4th December, there were a total of 1,131 cases of scarlet fever in England and...

Photo: Jon Nash The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI have been involved in the rescue of a casualty from a boat in Portsmouth Harbour following a gas explosion earlier this evening (Tuesday). Bembridge’s All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) was tasked to...

Police have executed a drugs warrant on a property in Newport, leading to the seizure of suspected Class A and Class B drugs, cash and mobile phones. Officers from the High Harms Team descended on an address on School Lane,...

Gritters will be out and about across the Island’s road network for the first time this season during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Wednesday). Island Roads are anticipating low temperatures overnight, resulting in the fleet undertaking a full salt...

A garage and a car contained within have been badly damaged by a fire that broke out on the outskirts of Newport late last night (Monday). Firefighters from Newport and Cowes were mobilised to a residential property on Cowes Road...

Winter is set to bite harder with forecasters predicting temperatures as low as -4c overnight across the Isle of Wight by the weekend, bringing a risk of ice and snow. A cold weather advisory has been issued by IW Met...

Forecasters are predicting widespread fog will develop across many parts of the Isle of Wight tonight and into tomorrow (Friday), prompting a yellow weather warning. IW Met Service warns that there is potential for some extremely dense areas of fog,...

A car has been left unrecognisable after careering into a road sign and rolling over - coming to rest on its roof - on Beaper Shute between Ryde and Brading this morning (Thursday). Police are currently on scene at Whitefield...