First reported by Island Echo

A 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...

A 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...

Specialist 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...

Police 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...

The 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...

Firefighters 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...

A 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...

Multiple 999 calls reporting a man in the water calling for help has led to a Coastguard search and rescue operation this evening (Tuesday).  At just before 19:20, members of the public alerted HM Coastguard to a man in the...

A young boy was found wandering the streets of Newport this morning (Tuesday), prompting an urgent call to Police. Island Echo is told that the toddler was found without any clothes on in the area of Barton Road. Members of...

Police responding to a public order incident discovered 6 cannabis plants growing on the doorstep of a property in Shanklin yesterday afternoon (Monday). Officers were called to Clarendon Road in the town at around 15:10 when an incident was reported...