First reported by Island Echo

No further action is to be taken against a man who was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent following an incident in Haylands during the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday). Officers were called to reports...

A small gorse fire has been extinguished by firefighters on the outskirts of Ryde this evening (Sunday) - with a rather unusual method of transport utilised. 1 appliance from Ryde was mobilised to reports of a fire close to the...

Emergency services have closed The Downs near to Downend as a result of a serious road traffic collision involving at least 2 cars this afternoon (Sunday).  Fire crews, paramedics and Police are all on scene alongside Coastguard Rescue 175 helicopter,...

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have been deployed to Ryde Police Station where a potentially explosive device is being investigated. The incident began sometime before 10:00 this morning (Saturday) when Police suddenly left their base at Station Street and rendezvoused...

Cowes RNLI lifeboat and Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to a yacht that had gone aground near Osborne Bay this morning (Saturday). At around 06:30, Solent Coastguard sent search and rescue assets to the most northerly point of the...

Police have been called to the scene of a fire which broke out in Shide earlier this morning (Saturday). Firefighters have been battling to extinguish the blaze in a porta cabin to the rear of National Tyres off the main...

Red Funnel has confirmed that 1 of their 3 vehicle ferries will remain out of action until at least next Thursday. Significant queues have been forming on both sides of the Solent today (Friday) as tourists flock to the Isle...

330 miles of roads and 230 miles of pavements have been resurfaced across the Isle of Wight, according to the latest performance data from Island Roads. Official documents released ahead of the next Isle of Wight Council Corporate Scrutiny Committee...

The opening of the brand new Premier Inn hotel and Cookhouse & Pub restaurant on Sandown Esplanade has been scheduled for the end of November, it has been announced. Construction and fit-out of the new 100-bedroom hotel and restaurant is...

An ambulance has been involved in a road traffic collision with a car in the centre of Newport this afternoon (Thursday). It is understood that the ambulance was responding to St Mary’s Hospital at the time of the collision, which...