First reported by Island Echo

38-year-old Paul Allen has been sentenced to 16 years behind bars and a further 6 years on licence for a number of child sex offences involving victims as young as 12-years-old. Allen, formally of Hinton Road in Newport, was jailed...

David Johns Police have once again bailed a 36-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering Shanklin resident David Johns last month. It has been confirmed that the unnamed man, who was himself injured during the ‘altercation’ at an address on...

Coastguard Rescue Officers and firefighters are working to free a young girl trapped in the mud on the banks of the River Medina at Whippingham this afternoon (Monday). Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has a number...

2 people were helped from the wreckage of an Alfa Romeo after the vehicle rolled on a country lane near Brighstone during the early hours of this morning (Monday). Emergency services were called to Lynch Lane, between Brighstone and Calbourne, at...

A kitchen fire at a detached property in Nettlestone has been successfully contained and extinguished this evening (Sunday). 2 appliances from Ryde were mobilised to an address on Solent View Road at around 18:30. 2 breathing apparatus wearers have entered...

22-year-old William Kulik has been charged with wounding with intent after a man was stabbed in the torso in Ryde on Friday. Police - including Armed Officers - were called at 15:31 on Friday afternoon after a man in his...

Police are continuing their investigations after a 15-year-old boy was robbed and assaulted in the village of Bembridge yesterday afternoon (Saturday). Officers were called at 15:38 to Foreland Road, at the junction of Steyne Road and Lane End Road, when...

A 50-year-old Newport man has been arrested and charged with obstructing/resisting Police following a disturbance on a quiet residential street during the early hours of this morning (Sunday). Police were called at 02:13 to reports of a disturbance at an...

Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat has launched to assist a vessel aground off the West coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Sunday). The All Weather Lifeboat is currently alongside ‘Clementine’ - a 45ft sailing vessel - which is located due...

A 22-year-old man from Ryde has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a male was stabbed in Oakfield on Friday afternoon. Emergency services, including the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, rushed to...