First reported by Island Echo

Police on the Isle of Wight are this weekend investigating allegations that a pensioner has been inciting an underage boy to engage in sexual activity. Officers descended on an address in the East Wight yesterday afternoon (Friday) and arrested a...

A driver has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class B drug after Police stopped a vehicle on the outskirts of Newport earlier this afternoon (Friday) Numerous Police vehicles descended on Fairlee Road at around 13:15. It has...

35-year-old Jonathan Maertens, who was jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years for the sexual abuse of 9 children, has had his sentence extended on appeal. Maertens, from Freshwater, recorded himself abusing the girls aged between 4...

Fire crews from Newport, Cowes, Shanklin and Ryde have responded to an alert at County Hall in Newport this lunchtime (Friday). A total of 5 appliances responded to the heart of democracy on the Island following an alarm activation at...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at a property on the outskirts of Ryde tonight (Thursday), where a serious chimney fire has broken out. 2 appliances from Ryde Fire Station were called to the residential...

An 8-year-old child has escaped with minor injuries after being hit by a van outside a primary school in Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). Emergency services were called to Baring Road at 14:55 following reports of a collision between a Ford...

Police moved in on an address in Cowes yesterday lunchtime (Monday) in a bid to locate and arrest a man wanted in connection with an assault. At around 11:50, a large number of officers rendezvoused in a car park before...

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article following an incident in Newport late last night (Sunday). Police were called to Whitepit Lane at 21:52 following reports that a brick had been thrown through...

Homes in the Newchurch, Winford, Apse Heath and Arreton homes will be without water overnight as part of ongoing repairs to a burst water main. It was dinnertime on Friday that hundreds of homes lost water supply as a result...

Shoppers at Morrisons supermarket in Lake have been evacuated due to a suspected refrigerant leak.  The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene having been alerted to the incident at around 11:40. 2 firefighters from Shanklin, equipped...