First reported by Island Echo

Firefighters, Police and paramedics have been called to a road traffic collision in Ryde this morning (Thursday). A red Ford Fiesta and a silver Vauxhall Vectra have been involved in a shunt on Great Preston Road at the junction with...

The driver of a red BMW is being sought in connection with a fail to stop incident in Ryde last night (Wednesday), in which 5 parked vehicles were damaged. A Ford Transit Connect, a Peugeot 107 and a Vauxhall Zafira...

Police are conducting a search of Culver Down with the assistance of HM Coastguard and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat this morning (Thursday). Officers are understood to be looking for a vulnerable individual at the beauty spot overlooking Sandown Bay....

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised a number of appliances to St Mary's Hospital in Newport this morning (Thursday). 3 appliances from Newport, Cowes and Ryde are responding to the scene off Parkhurst Road, alongside an...

Wightlink’s Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service is delayed by at least 1 hour this morning (Wednesday) due to an earlier linkspan issue.  The 04:00 sailing from Fishbourne failed to depart on time as a result of a technical issue, which is...

Bembridge RNLI and Yarmouth RNLI have been involved in a 15-hour operation to save a 24m trawler and her crew after it ran aground on the submarine barrier off Portsmouth yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). Bembridge’s All Weather Lifeboat, the ‘Alfred Albert...

Gerry White, who was murdered in Lake on 27th May 2019 60-year-old Jonathan Christopher Stasiuk has pleaded guilty to the murder of former Isle of Wight councillor Gerry White today (Tuesday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been called to reports of an ‘explosion’ at a home in Binstead near Ryde this afternoon (Tuesday). 2 appliances have been mobilised to the scene on Broadway Crescent after the occupier...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tackled a fire at GKN Aerospace’s Osborne site in East Cowes overnight. At 01:06 this morning (Tuesday), a total of 4 appliances, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Command Unit...

Island Line services have been suspended this afternoon (Monday) as a result of a fault with the only train running on the network. South Western Railway has confirmed that no trains are currently operating between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin....