First reported by Island Echo

Forensic investigators have been called in to examine a bloody crime scene as Armed Police conduct searches for a woman following a serious incident in Ryde last night (Friday). Police have cordoned off parts of Leavington House on East Hill...

Local residents have described looking out of their window to see a group of Armed Police taking up position on a street in Brading earlier tonight (Friday). A number of Police vehicles quietly arrived on Station Road in the town...

Police on the Isle of Wight have released a photo of 29-year-old Jamie Leigh Simpson, who is wanted in connection with a serious assault on a woman in Lake just before Christmas. Jamie Simspon, from Sandown, is alleged to have...

Staff at a convenience store in Newport were threatened with a liquid - feared to be acid - when the store was robbed on Boxing Day. The incident took place at Central on Hunnyhill at around 18:00 yesterday (26th December)....

Photo: @FreshwaterFire Police were called to a property fire in Totland earlier this week when firefighters discovered a number of cannabis plants growing in a bungalow. Emergency services rushed to Amos Hill, Totland at just gone 15:00 on Monday after...

1 person is trapped in their vehicle close to a cliff edge as a result of a road traffic collision on the main Whitwell to Ventnor road this morning (Friday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised...

Specialist flying doctors have been scrambled to Alverstone Garden Village this lunchtime (Boxing Day) in response to a medical emergency. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance touched down just before 14:00. Other emergency services have been heard responding...

Ventnor’s annual Boxing Day swim has been cancelled for 2019, it has been announced at the eleventh hour. It has been decided by organisers that it is too dangerous for the swim to go ahead due to the adverse weather...

A power cut has hit hundreds of properties in Wootton and Binstead this morning as families wake on Christmas Day. 144 postcodes in the PO33 region lost power at around 08:30, throwing plans for Christmas dinner into turmoil. Electricity has...

A high speed pursuit of a vehicle which failed to stop for Police has come to an end in the heart of Cowes tonight (Tuesday).  Island Echo readers have reported seeing an unmarked Police car from the Joint Operations Unit...