First reported by Island Echo

A search for a high risk missing person has been launched on St Boniface Downs this evening (Tuesday). 5 police units alongside WightSAR volunteers have been deployed to the downs in order to attempt to locate the person. WightSAR members...

Emergency services including HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance on Sandown Esplanade after reports of an incident involving people in the water this afternoon (Tuesday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team, alongside 2 ambulances, responded to...

Motorists in Sandown are experiencing delays following a minor 2 vehicle collision on the Broadway this morning (Tuesday). It's understood that 2 cars have collided near to The Height's leisure centre. Traffic on the Broadway is heavy and slow in...

Police are appealing for the public's help in locating 45-year-old Christopher Wray, who has gone missing from his home in Freshwater. Chris was last seen around 01:00 today (Monday), with both the Police and his family extremely concerned for his...

Read the latest on the search for 45-year-old Christopher Wray here: https://www.islandecho.co.uk/publics-help-sought-in-finding-missing-45-year-old-man/ Police have launched a search for a high risk missing person in the Mottistone area this afternoon (Monday), with volunteer search and rescue technicians called in to assist....

Bembridge RNLI’s All-Weather Lifeboat launched to assist locate & assist as required the source of a DSC Mayday thought to be in the area West of No Mans Land Fort. The Tamar Class RNLB Alfred Albert Williams was launched earlier...

A yacht has been towed to safety by a lifeboat crew after losing its rudder whilst at sea on the Solent this afternoon (Sunday). HM Coastguard tasked the crew of Gosport Lifeboat to assist the vessel off Cowes at around...

Firefighters from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to a report of a man who had fallen and become stuck in a precarious position up a high bank this afternoon (Sunday). The fire service mobilised...

A 36-year-old man has been charged with drink driving after colliding with 2 stationary vehicles in a residential street in Binstead yesterday evening (Saturday). Officers were notified of a collision involving a Renault Kadjar on Wellington Road at around 23:00....

An Isle of Wight landscaper is counting the cost of an attack on his van that saw tools stolen and damage inflicted last night (Saturday). The Shanklin-based businessman made the gruesome discovery earlier today as he went out to his...