First reported by Island Echo

Emergency services are responding to a single vehicle crash on Middle Road at Calbourne tonight (Tuesday). A car has rolled onto its side and off the carriageway near to Calbourne Mill on one of the main Newport to Freshwater routes....

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts from Portsmouth were called in to detonate a bomb that was unearthed on a building site in the South Wight this morning (Tuesday). Workers at the Sandy Lanes development - the site of the former Atherfield...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has been called to reports of smoke issuing from underground in Newport this evening (Monday). 2 appliances are in attendance on Fairlee Road outside Medina College, were sparks and smoke have...

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast ahead of tomorrow afternoon's anticipated torrential downpours and severe gales. Tuesday afternoon's tide at 13:00 is expected to be higher than normal due to unsettled weather...

A man has been detained under the Mental Health Act following an 8-hour standoff with Police in Newport last night (Sunday). Police responded to an address on Godric Road at 19:11, but it wasn't until around 03:00 this morning that...

A second weather warning has been issued for the Isle of Wight, with both severe gales and heavy rain now set to batter to the Island tomorrow (Tuesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, IW Met Service forecasters issued a...

A 50-year-old man was injured in a single-vehicle crash in Knighton near Newchurch last night (Sunday). Police, paramedics and firefighters were mobilised to Knighton Lane at 22:34 following reports that a car had crashed into a bank. Emergency crews arrived...

Police have closed The Mall in Carisbrooke as a result of a collision involving 2 cars and a van tonight (Saturday). A red Renault Clio has collided with a white Dacia Duster before ploughing into a parked van. The crash...

2 elderly French donkeys called Oliver and Quiller have been helped to their hooves by fire crews this morning (Saturday).  The duo got into difficulty after falling over at stables off Limerstone Road, resulting in firefighters from Newport and Freshwater...

The driver of a VW Beetle has fled the scene of a crash in Sandown, which has seen 4 parked cars damaged - including 1 that has been spun 90 degrees into a wall. The collision, which occurred at around...