First reported by Island Echo

Concerns are growing for the welfare of 54-year-old Julie Gisborn from Ventnor, who hasn't been in touch with family or friends since Sunday. Julie was last seen on Ventnor High Street last Thursday afternoon (14th Jul)y and her last text...

Firefighters from Newport and Freshwater are in attendance at a combine harvester fire near Calbourne this afternoon (Tuesday). Crews were called out just before 14:20 to reports of farming machinery on fire in a field off Middle Road. The incident...

Heightened Police activity on a residential road in East Cowes concluded this afternoon (Tuesday) with a man being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Police were called at 10:44 this morning when concerns were raised for the welfare of a...

A staggering 36.7c was recorded on the Isle of Wight today (Monday) as an intense heatwave grips the UK. Figures from IW Met Service reveal that the sky-high temperature was experienced in Northwood, near Cowes, late this afternoon. High readings...

Fire crews, paramedics and Police have all responded to a flat fire in East Cowes this evening (Monday). 3 appliances from East Cowes, Ryde and Cowes - as well as the Incident Command Unit from Newport - were mobilised to...

Photo: @FreshwaterFire A field fire in Brook, which has damaged a hedge and part of a field, has been tackled by firefighters this evening (Monday). Crews from Freshwater and Newport were mobilised to the scene near to Military Road at...

A man has tragically died after being pulled from the water in front of a packed out beach in Sandown, Police have confirmed.  Emergency services were deployed to the seaside town, near to Sandown Pier, at just before 17:00 this...

Emergency services - including 2 helicopters - have been scrambled to the beach in Sandown were a person has collapsed and is receiving CPR. Coastguard Rescue 175 and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are both in attendance,...

Police responded to reports of a male brandishing a knife in public in Ryde late last night (Sunday). Hampshire Constabulary say they received a report at 23:39 of a disturbance along Ryde Esplanade involving a group of people - including...

A 66-year-old man from Shanklin is to appear in court after being found in possession of an imitation firearm and a knife in Ventnor over the weekend. Police swooped on Mitchell Avenue in the town on Saturday and arrested a...