First reported by Island Echo

Henry Henderson, who previously went on the run to Spain, has been jailed for 9-and-a-half years over a £2million drugs haul discovered by Police on the Isle of Wight. Henderson, 56, of The Rogers in Shanklin, appeared at Portsmouth Crown...

Police are appealing for information after a 14-year-old boy was robbed at knifepoint in Sandown on Monday evening. The incident is said to have occurred on Sandown Pier at around 19:00 on Monday 31st January. According to Hampshire Constabulary, a...

Firefighters are attending an electricity pole fire in Freshwater this morning (Thursday) - the second fire involving electrics in the West Wight this week. 1 appliance from Freshwater was mobilised to the scene on Hooke Hill, at the junction with...

The main road through Newchurch is blocked tonight (Wednesday) as a result of a car crashing into a parked vehicle. A MG ZS has collided into the rear quarter of a parked Honda Accord estate, causing damage to both vehicles....

A 28-year-old from Kent who stole almost £30,000 from a Newport man by pretending to be a Police constable has been charged with a string of offences including kidnap, fraud by false representation, blackmail and theft. Robert Dumitrescu, of Cobham...

Police and paramedics are responding to a collision on Halletts Shute in Yarmouth this afternoon (Tuesday). The incident - thought to involve 2 or 3 vehicles - occurred at just before 15:15 near the junction of Pixley Hill. The Isle...

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of offences including aggravated vehicle taking, assault and criminal damage following a domestic incident in Shanklin yesterday (Sunday). Officers moved in to make the arrest on Station Avenue, Sandown -...

Police have erected a cordon in a car park in Cowes this evening (Monday) following what is said to be an assault in the area. Officers responded into the town at speed at 17:35, with multiple units descending on the...

A local woman in her 50s who was pulled from a burning flat by firefighters in Bembridge last week has sadly died in hospital, it has been confirmed. It was on Thursday night that fire crews were mobilised to Crossway...

4 appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to a residential property fire in Freshwater this afternoon (Monday). Fire crews are tackling what has been described as a fire to the rear of a...