First reported by Island Echo

Hovertravel has announced that its services between Ryde and Southsea have been suspended this morning (Wednesday). Technical reasons are being blamed for the cancellation of the company's cross-Solent service, but no further detail has been given. Both Island Flyer and...

A 45-year-old man from Havant who committed a string of offences across the Isle of Wight, including burglary and fraud, has been jailed for 4-and-a-half years. Lucas Beau Corke, of Barncroft Way in Havant, has been the subject of a...

Firefighters say that 2 lives have been saved thanks to working smoke alarms after a dishwasher fire broke out at a property in Cowes early this morning (Wednesday). Appliances from Newport and Cowes were mobilised to Rogerson Close at 04:56...

Police have closed Place Road in Cowes this morning (Wednesday) as a result of a single vehicle road traffic collision.  A Ford Transit Luton van has collided with a lamp post, causing front end damage to the vehicle. The crash...

An elderly man who fell down an embankment near to the houseboats at Bembridge Harbour was rescued by coastguards and paramedics yesterday (Monday). Coastguard Rescue Officers from Bembridge and Ventnor were mobilised to the scene on Embankment Road at 14:56...

Hundreds of homes are without water supply in Ryde tonight (Monday).  Island Echo readers are reporting that they have lost mains water in the Elmfield and Appley areas of the town. Southern Water engineers are investigating the problem and are...

A man in his 60s who was arrested on suspicion of murdering 70-year-old Pia Massey has been released without charge. Police have been investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Pia Massey - also known as Pia Taylor - from...

Fire crews have been mobilised to a flat fire in Shanklin this lunchtime (Monday). 2 appliances from Newport and Ryde are currently on scene at Salem Road, where a fire has broken out within a residential flat at Victoria Court....

A total of 56 postcodes in the South Wight are without power this afternoon (Saturday). Homes and businesses in the PO37 6, PO37 7 and PO38 3 regions - areas of Godshill, Whiteley Bank and Shanklin - lost supply at...

A power cut is affecting hundreds of homes and businesses in Cowes this morning (Saturday). The outage, which was first reported at 07:16, has hit the PO31 7 and PO31 8 areas of the town. The exact cause is unknown...