First reported by Island Echo

A man who brought 'misery' to the people of Ryde has been charged with 3 counts of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), just days after being made subject to the restriction. 50-year-old Jamie Peter Evans was handed the CBO...

The Government has announced that from Monday groups of more than 6 people will not be permitted to meet at home, in outdoor spaces or in pubs and restaurants. With coronavirus cases starting to creep up again, Prime Minister Boris...

HM Coastguard mobilised resources to Sandown after multiple 999 calls were received about an inflatable swan drifting out to sea this afternoon (Tuesday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Tean we’re called out alongside Sandown Lifeboat at 16:33. It was reported that an...

HM Coastguard responded to reports of an unusual and potentially suspicious object in the water off Bembridge yesterday (Monday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were mobilised to the East Wight coast at just gone 15:00 after a member of the public...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in Fishbourne this morning (Monday) in response to a medical emergency.  Flying doctors are working alongside paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service in treating a male patient. The...

A search and rescue operation was launched after a red flare was sighted in Sandown Bay during the early hours of this morning (Monday). HM Coastguard called Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team into action at 02:45 after reports were received of...

A family of 5 who are thought to have struck Bembridge Ledge in a rigid inflatable boat were assisted by Bembridge RNLI earlier this evening (Sunday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the inshore lifeboat (ILB) at just before 18:05...

Police have blocked off a residential road in central Ryde this afternoon (Sunday) due to a male taking up position on a flat roof. Several officers are in attendance at Belvedere Street, close to the junction with Wood Street. They...

Yarmouth RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat was tasked to reports of a yacht taking on water off the West coast of the Isle of Wight yesterday afternoon (Saturday).   Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the lifeboat at around 15:00 after being...

Solicitor General Michael Ellis QC MP 20-year-old Yaashmi Ravikumar, who caused the death of an Isle of Wight woman in a major road traffic collision on Forest Road in 2019, has had her sentenced increased. After failing to see signs...