First reported by Island Echo

Police investigating the killing of Scott Cooper are tonight (Friday) searching a property in Ryde in connection with the ongoing murder investigation. Forensics investigators donned in white suits have been joined by local officers in the search of the semi-detached...

Fire crews from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a reported fire at the Minster in Newport this afternoon (Friday). Smoke can be seen billowing out of a chimney at the rear of...

Police have confirmed the identity of a man killed in a flat in Ryde on Tuesday as 33-year-old Scott Cooper.  Officers attended a flat in George Street on Tuesday afternoon (4th January), where the body of the Newport man was...

Forensic officers have been conducting a search of a property in Newport this afternoon (Thursday) as part of an investigation into the killing of a man in Ryde. Investigations are currently underway at an address on New Street, Newport where...

Officers investigating the murder of a man in Ryde have made 2 further arrests, it has been revealed. Police attended a flat in George Street on Tuesday afternoon (4th January) where the lifeless body of a man, aged in his...

A water main has been ruptured on Lowtherville Road by a utility firm and as such, residents in the area are without supply this evening (Wednesday).  Island Echo readers have said Southern Water are aware and teams are on-site working...

A murder investigation is underway after an incident at an address on George Street in Ryde yesterday (Tuesday).  As first reported by Island Echo, numerous police vehicles rushed to the town centre address at around 13:30 with eyewitnesses reporting that...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has been mobilised to a property in Ryde this evening (Tuesday).  2 fire appliances are said to be on scene at Pellhurst Road, near to zebra crossing by Pell Lane, having...

The Island's volunteer search and rescue team — WightSAR — received their first tasking of 2022 this morning (Tuesday), with a successful outcome.  This morning, the search and rescue volunteers were called out on the request of Hampshire Constabulary to...

A Newport man has been charged with burglary, theft from a motor vehicle and drug offences following incidents in Newport yesterday (Bank Holiday Monday). 25-year-old Keenan Bradbury, of School Lane in Newport, has been charged with the following: Burglary –...