CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
A 43-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs following a raid on a flat in Shanklin this morning (Monday). Police executed a warrant at a flat on Alresford Road shortly...
Read moreDetailsA 37-year-old man from Ryde has been charged with criminal damage and has been remanded in custody following an incident in Shanklin during the early hours of Saturday morning. Police were called shortly before 03:50 yesterday to a report of...
Read moreDetails25-year-old Thomas Riordan has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent following a serious assault in Shanklin yesterday (Saturday), which left a man in his 20s with serious facial injuries. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called at...
Read moreDetailsSearch and rescue crews have been deployed off the coast of Bembridge tonight (Saturday) as a result of an ocean-going rowing boat running aground on Bembridge Ledge. Shortly before 20:40, a red flare was seen in the night sky as...
Read moreDetailsA man has sustained a significant facial injury following a robbery and assault in Shanklin early this morning (Saturday). Police were called at 07:10 to a report of an assault taking place at a block of flats at Atherley Park...
Read moreDetailsA man in his 50s has been arrested after an ‘altercation’ which prompted a significant Police response in Newport earlier this afternoon (Friday). Officers were called at 14:09 to reports of an altercation off of Fairlee Road, in the vicinity...
Read moreDetails3 men from the Isle of Wight have been convicted of organising the smuggling of people across the English Channel, with the revelation that 10 illegal immigrants were brought into the country via East Cowes. 47-year-old Stephen 'Lord' Redhead, of...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters from East Cowes and Newport are tackling a house fire at Osborne Heights in East Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). 2 appliances and a tactical advisor are on scene having been mobilised to the end-of-terrace property at around 15:30. Breathing...
Read moreDetailsPolice are refusing to confirm whether a firearm was recovered from the scene of the death of a man in his 70s on Pan Estate in Newport yesterday (Wednesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were mobilised to...
Read moreDetailsA man in his 30s is being treated in hospital for head and leg injuries sustained when he was hit by a car in Cowes early this morning (Thursday). Police were called at 07:22 to reports of a collision involving...
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