First reported by Island Echo

Police are hunting for 2 men who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s whilst she was enjoying a walk on the outskirts of Newport on Wednesday evening.  The incident is said to have occurred at around...

Coastguard Rescue Officers from Ventnor and The Needles, Police and volunteers from Yarmouth RNLI battled the elements in a bid to locate a suicidal individual in the South Wight overnight. At around 23:30 last night (Friday), HM Coastguard were requested...

A search and rescue mission involving Bembridge RNLI lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 has been launched off the coast of the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Friday). At around 15:30, a distress beacon activation was picked up by Solent...

Police on the Isle of Wight would like to speak to this man in connection with an indecent assault on a 20-year-old woman in Newport High Street. The victim was inside a shop on the High Street when a man,...

Red Funnel are to suspend their hi-speed Red Jet service, as well as reducing their vehicle ferry service, as part of the continuing cuts to cross-Solent travel in response to the COVID-19 crisis. It has been announced this afternoon (Tuesday)...

Coastguard Rescue Officers conducted a shoreline search in Ryde this afternoon (Easter Monday) following the discovery of an upturned tender. It was reported to HM Coastguard shortly before 16:00 that a green tender had been sighted close to Ryde Pier....

Concerns for the welfare of an individual prompted an emergency response to Culver Down near Sandown for Police tonight (Easter Monday). Officers rushed to the beauty spot from Newport and Ryde at around 19:30 as part of a local search...

Retained firefighters from Yarmouth and Freshwater have extinguished a bonfire which became out of control and spread to nearby brambles earlier this afternoon (Easter Monday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to the developing situation at...

2 young 'urban explorers' have been detained by Police, but since let go, after being caught inside the disused Ryde Theatre. Previously occupied and much-loved buildings such as Ryde's former Town Hall and Theatre can be inviting places for those...

A 47-year-old man wanted on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a woman's body in Bognor Regis has been arrested on the Isle of Wight this morning (Sunday). A major manhunt was launched in the Sandown area late last...