DON’T BIN YOUR PUMPKIN! ISLANDERS URGED TO CUT WASTE THIS HALLOWEEN
31st October 2026
A 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of the attempted rape of a woman in St Lawrence yesterday (Wednesday) has been released with no further action, but Police continue to quiz a 28-year-old man over the woodland incident. As first reported...
Read moreDetailsA suspected migrant dinghy seen drifting off the coast of the Isle of Wight prompted the launch of Yarmouth Lifeboat yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) - just hours after Bembridge RNLI responded to another migrant boat sighting. Solent Coastguard requested the launch...
Read moreDetailsFire crews from Ryde and Newport have responded to a residential address in Newport this afternoon (Wednesday) after receiving reports of smoke issuing from the property. 2 appliances were mobilised to Forest Road at around 14:15 when a postman spotted...
Read moreDetailsA 28-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy have been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape following an alleged attack in woodland in St Lawrence earlier this morning (Wednesday). Police flooded the area shortly before 10:00 after receiving a report that...
Read moreDetailsBembridge RNLI lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 have responded to reports of a suspected migrant boat drifting off the coast of the Isle of Wight. At 09:39 this morning (Tuesday) Solent Coastguard received reports of a vessel drifting around...
Read moreDetailsEmergency services are in attendance at Brading Downs this morning (Monday), where a car has left the road and crashed into a field. The single vehicle incident has occurred at the highest point of the road between Brading and Knighton....
Read moreDetailsA caravan has been destroyed by fire in Cowes overnight. 1 fire appliance from Cowes was mobilised to the park and ride car park at Somerton at 02:45 this morning (Monday). It had been reported to fire control that a...
Read moreDetails34-year-old Benjamin Entwistle is back behind bars this weekend after being charged with 7 offences relating to an incident involving a knife in Shanklin on Friday. Entwistle, a name that regular Island Echo readers will be familiar with, was arrested...
Read moreDetailsA man allegedly armed with a knife and making threats to a number of people inside a house was arrested at gunpoint by Armed Police in Shanklin yesterday evening (Friday). Officers from both sides of the Solent were deployed to...
Read moreDetailsIsland Line trains between Ryde and Shanklin have been cancelled this afternoon (Friday) due to staff shortages. South Western Railway has confirmed that all services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin are unable to run at this time, with disruption...
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