First reported by Island Echo

29-year-old Kai Smart has been charged with threatening a person with a knife following an incident in Ryde earlier this week. As first reported by Island Echo, Police descended on Sandcroft Avenue shortly after 20:00 on Tuesday night following reports...

Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision near St Helens tonight (Thursday).  Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to reports of a Nissan Micra leaving the carriageway and coming to rest in a...

Firefighters are tackling a fire within the kitchen of a property in Brading Town this evening (Thursday). 3 appliances from Sandown, Ryde and Shanklin are on scene at The Mews, alongside the Incident Command Unit from Newport. Crews have entered...

A band of heroic teenagers have been praised by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service after their quick-thinking actions helped save an elderly woman from a kitchen fire in Seaview yesterday evening (Wednesday). The group of...

A suspicious money transfer led to Police responding to a bank in Newport at lunchtime today (Thursday). Officers were deployed to Santander on the corner of St James' Street and Pyle Street at 11:31 following reports of a transfer being...

Firefighters from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to reports of a vehicle fire in Brading this lunchtime (Thursday). 1 appliance from Ryde has been mobilised to the scene on Coach Lane after being...

A yellow weather warning for fog has been issued for the Isle of Wight and will remain in force until Friday morning. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that low cloud and hill fog, initially affecting western and southern coasts...

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat launched to reports of a motor cruiser with an engine fire to the north of No Mans Land Fort this morning (Wednesday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Tamar-class lifeboat shortly before 11:00 following...

A 29-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion of a number of offences after allegedly threatening to kill at least 1 person with a knife in Ryde yesterday evening (Tuesday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to...

A technical issue has forced the cancellation of all services on Hovertravel's Ryde-Southsea route this morning (Wednesday). It's the second time in 2 days that the cross-Solent operation has ground to a halt due to technical problems with the Flyer...