First reported by Island Echo

Reports of a drifting and smoking 20ftt speedboat carrying 4 people without lifejackets led to the launchof Cowes RNLI lifeboat last night (Sunday). Although the boat was apparently somewhere between Cowes and Calshot the lifeboat’s initial search proved fruitless. With...

Emergency services have called to a road traffic collision on School Green Road in Freshwater this morning (Monday).  The incident in the town centre has occurred between Dall Square and Avenue Road with traffic building in both directions. Southern Vectis...

Emergency services have been called to Ventnor this morning (Saturday) to attend a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle. The crash on Newport Road has led to the closure of the road from the Central store to just outside the...

A 32ft yacht with a lone yachtsman aboard was towed into deeper water in the Solent yesterday evening (Friday) after going firmly aground off Lepe. With a lifeboat crew member aboard the yacht, the lifeboat succeeded in towing the boat...

Police, paramedics and firefighters are in attendance at a road traffic collision involving several vehicles in Shanklin this evening (Friday). A Ford Focus CC has collided head on into railings near Skew Bridge on Shanklin Road after also colliding with...

The body of a woman in her 20s was found in the woods at Parkhurst Forest in Newport yesterday evening (Thursday), Police have confirmed.  Hampshire Constabulary was alerted to a concern for welfare in the area of Forest Close at...

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after a male was seen brandishing a knife in the street in Sandown during the early hours of this morning (Friday). Officers were called to Station Avenue in the seaside town at just before...

4 people have been arrested following an disturbance at a block of flats in Ryde during the early hours of this morning (Thursday), which came just a short time after Armed Police were deployed in the town.  Police descended on...

An injured person has been evacuated from the beach at Priory Bay by lifeboat this evening (Wednesday) following a fall whilst attending a wedding. Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat was called into action at around 18:00 following a request for assistance...

Hundreds of pounds worth of diesel has been stolen from the fuel tank of a coach in Shanklin - the third such incident in recent weeks. It's said that the theft occurred when the commercial vehicle was parked at Winchester...