First reported by Island Echo

Hundreds of homes are without power tonight (Tuesday) as a result of a power cut in the South Wight. 72 postcode areas in the Ventnor and St Lawrence areas (PO38) have lost supply due to a network fault. The lights...

Homes and businesses in and around Yarmouth are without water this afternoon (Monday). A burst water main in the area of Wilmingham Lane/Thorley Road is to blame for the lack of supply, which has been affecting locals for at least...

A car has been abandoned at the side of the road after crashing into a tree on the outskirts of Ryde overnight. The white Volkswagen Golf has left the carriageway and collided head-on with a tree on Bullen Road, between...

Firefighters have been mobilised to a road traffic collision between a car and a van in Shanklin this evening (Saturday). The incident, which has invovled a blue Hyundai and a white van, has occurred at the junction of Languard Manor...

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat responded to reports of a life raft drifting off the coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Friday). The Tamar-class lifeboat launched at around 15:50 at the request of Solent Coastguard to investigate a...

Hovertravel have suspended their cross-Solent service to and from Ryde this morning (Thursday). Adverse weather is being blamed for the decision. No hovercrafts are currently running between Ryde and Southsea meaning passengers are having to divert to Wightlink’s Fastcat service...

62-year-old Graham Medway from Freshwater has been charged with raping a 3-year-old girl at Fort Victoria Country Park. It is alleged that Mr Medway carried out the serious sexual assault on the toddler in woodland near Yarmouth on 31st August -...

Calbourne-based IFPL has announced that 25 jobs have been put at risk of redundancy. 36% of the 69-strong workforce now face losing their jobs with a consultancy process underway. Electronics company IFPL is a major supplier to the airline industry,...

Year 9 students at Christ the King College in Newport are being sent home to self-isolate following confirmation that a student has tested positive for COVID-19. Parents are being asked to collect their children from the school today (Tuesday), or...

A car has ploughed through a wall and has landed on top of another vehicle in Shanklin this morning (Tuesday).  The owner of a blue Mazda CX-5 is counting the costs of the mistake, which happened sometime before 09:30. Rather...