First reported by Island Echo

Hundreds of homes and businesses have lost power in the Shanklin area this morning (Wednesday). A total of 123 postcodes in the PO37 region have been affected by the outage, which rendered properties without electricity at 11:39. Scottish and Southern...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for a key witness to come forward after a vehicle was forced off the road in Ventnor last Wednesday. Officers have spent the last week investigating the incident, which occurred on Ocean...

A man in his 30s has sustained head injuries following an assault at a bus stop in Sandown last night (Tuesday). Police were called to Victoria Road in the town at 21:26 after 999 reports were received of an assault...

The volunteer crew of Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat spent over 7 hours at sea overnight assisting a 22ft yacht taking on water some 12 miles south of the Isle of Wight. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Tamar-class...

A man has been detained by police in Gurnard after repeatedly obstructing the giving of CPR to a seriously ill driver this evening (Tuesday). Multiple police units alongside 2 paramedic crews from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and a...

Emergency services are rushing to reports of a collision involving multiple vehicles on the Middle Road this afternoon (Tuesday). Several police units have been seen responding through Carisbrooke, with other services also responding to the incident which has occurred between...

Police have charged 2 men following an incident in Ventnor which saw them refuse to climb down from a roof on Thursday (29th July). As first reported by Island Echo, multiple police units wearing riot gear attended Lowtherville Road in Upper Ventnor...

Bomb Disposal experts were called to a residential property in Shanklin yesterday (Monday) following the discovery of a piece of historic ordnance. Police were alerted to the find in the garden of a family home on Clarence Gardens at 12:15....

Emergency teams are working to rescue a youth who has become trapped in a void behind a wall at Northwood Park this evening (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is in attendance at Baring Road, at...

New figures released by the IW Met Service have revealed at over 13cm of rain fell on one area of the Island during today’s rainstorms (Monday). The Island saw major flash flooding in several locations including Brading, Nettlestone, Ryde and...