First reported by Island Echo

Police are continuing their search for a suspect after a man in his 20s suffered a stab wound in Oakfield, Ryde yesterday afternoon (Friday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police and paramedics descended on the Oak Vale area shortly...

Police are maintaining a scene guard in Northwood following an overnight break in at a garage convenience store. Officers were alerted to the incident at Northwood Garage at around 02:00 this morning (Saturday) and arrived on scene to find a...

Hour-long delays on Wightlink’s Fishbourne-Portsmouth and Yarmouth-Lymington routes are causing disruption for those travelling across the Solent this morning (Saturday).  Wightlink is advising that it’s Fishbourne ferry service is operating with 60 minute delays, with the 07:00 sailing from the...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to an incident in Oakfield, Ryde this afternoon (Friday) as a result of a male sustaining a knife wound to his chest. Flying doctors and paramedics from the Isle...

Firefighters from East Cowes and Newport worked to free a person stuck in a lift and suffering from chest pains yesterday evening (Thursday).  2 appliances were mobilised to a property in East Cowes at 19:30. It was reported that the...

Concerns for the welfare of an individual prompted an emergency response from Police and HM Coastguard to Culver Down this afternoon (Thursday). Police were alerted to the situation at around 13:00. Teams were deployed and the individual’s vehicle was located...

Police have concluded that an alleged sexual assault which was first said to have occurred in Cowes, then down a pathway in East Cowes, did not take place. Officers have been investigating a report that a 13-year-old girl was inappropriately...

A total of 14 people are to lose their jobs as Gurit UK announces redundancies at its Isle of Wight factory. It has been confirmed to Island Echo that the redundancies affect various departments and functions at the St Cross...

Island Line trains won't be serving Ryde Pier Head for at least 3 months to facilitate a £17million critical repair project to the railway, it has been revealed. It's said that the platform superstructure at the end of Ryde Pier...

Yarmouth RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat was tasked to launch by Solent Coastguard earlier today (Tuesday) to assist some sea sick sailors who were on board a boat with a broken engine. The volunteer crew mustered at 10:12 and soon launched the...