First reported by Island Echo

32-year-old Rhys Patrick Davies, of no fixed abode, has been charged with Grievous Bodily Harm after a 35-year-old was left with a fractured skull following an assault in Sandown on Thursday. Davies has been questioned by officers over the weekend...

31-year-old Robert Church of Steep Hill Road, Shanklin has been charged with assaulting 3 Police officers whilst they were executing their duty at an address in Ryde yesterday (Saturday). As exclusively reported by Island Echo earlier today, 1 officer suffered...

Firefighters have rushed to a block of flats in Ryde this afternoon (Sunday) - but the incident has quickly been scaled back.  3 appliances - 2 from Ryde and 1 from Newport - were mobilised to Union Road at just...

A fire involving rubbish in the back garden of a home in Ryde has been extinguished by firefighters this afternoon (Sunday). 1 appliance was mobilised to Field View in Haylands at around 14:40 when the fire service was alerted to...

The court has given Police an extra 24 hours to question 3 men arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm following an assault in Sandown on Thursday night. As previously reported by Island Echo, a 19-year-old man from Newport, a 31-year-old man...

Coastal parts of the Isle of Wight will be affected by fog today (Saturday), according to IW Met Service. A yellow weather warning has been issued by local forecasters and is in force until 22:00 tonight. Areas of fog will...

Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses and information following an incident in Sandown last night (Thursday), in which a 35-year-old man sustained a fractured skull. The incident occurred in Crescent Road at around 23:00. The victim,...

'You are playing with peoples lives and it is just foolish and wrong' - that is the message from firefighters in Freshwater after they were called out to yet another fire in the open this evening (Tuesday). The retained crew...

Police have closed off access to Culver Down due to an ongoing incident involving an individual at the cliff edge this evening (Tuesday).  A total of 7 Police cars are reported to be in attendance at the beauty spot between...

A low voltage network fault is causing power disruption to households in Ryde tonight (Sunday). Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks are aware of the fault and engineers are on site working hard to get the power back on as quickly...