CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
20-year-old Lyam Ringer has been charged with dangerous driving following a Police pursuit on the outskirts of Ryde during the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday). At just before 02:00, a blue Ford Focus failed to stop for Police after...
Read moreDetailsThe National Police Air Service helicopter is circling in the skies above Seaview this morning (Monday) in the search for a missing man. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary - with the assistance of the NPAS crew from Bournemouth - are conducting...
Read moreDetailsA local fisherman has been found dead on his boat after it was spotted drifting off the west coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Sunday). Yarmouth RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat was launched to an area close to The...
Read moreDetailsA retired IT worker who had more than 7,000 indecent images of children and 3,000 images of bestiality has been sentenced to 8 months in jail - suspended for 2 years - and hit with a £3,000 fine after a...
Read moreDetailsA 42-year-old woman is being treated in a mainland hospital for burns following a house fire in Ryde yesterday morning (Thursday), with a 12-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl also taken to hospital. As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed...
Read moreDetailsSpecialist fire investigation officers from the mainland have been brought in to help investigate the cause of a fire at a house in Ryde this morning (Thursday). Hampshire Constabulary are working alongside their colleagues from the Isle of Wight Fire...
Read moreDetailsPolice are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision on Newport Road in Apse Heath yesterday evening (Wednesday). Emergency services were called at 17:10 following the collision between a grey Ford Transit Connect and a blue Mazda 2. The driver...
Read moreDetailsThe Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team from Portsmouth has been called in to examine a suspected piece of ordnance on the beach at Seaview this morning (Thursday). As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were alerted to the discovery of...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters are tackling a house fire which has broken out in the Swanmore area of Ryde this morning (Thursday). Multiple appliances are responding to the scene on Swanmore Road with crews from Ryde, Newport and Sandown currently in attendance. A...
Read moreDetailsA 13-year-old boy has been arrested by Police following a serious assault on a 70-year-old man in Ryde last night (Tuesday). Police were called to Ryde Bus Station by the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service at 23:15 after a member...
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