First reported by Island Echo

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed that they have discontinued the charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving against 31-year-old Ben Entwistle following a road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road in June. As previously reported by Island Echo,...

Photo: FreshwaterFire Emergency services have been called to an injured adult in Yarmouth this evening (Wednesday).  Needles Coastguard Rescue Team, Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service have all been called to the...

2 men from Cornwall have been arrested on suspicion of numerous offences after a crossbow, air gun, a knife and Class A drugs were discovered in a vehicle on the outskirts of Newport last night (Tuesday). Officers stopped a red...

Police are investigating an attempted burglary on a pharmacy in Ryde overnight. Officers were called shortly after 02:00 this morning (Wednesday) to reports of an attempted burglary at Boots pharmacy at Tower House surgery on Rink Road. A number of...

45-year-old Gavin Price of Downsview, Sandown has been found guilty of multiple offences including possession of an imitation firearm, offensive weapons and bladed articles. In October last year, Police officers stopped a car which was being driven without an MOT...

HM Coastguard and Ryde Inshore Rescue are involved in an ongoing search of the Wootton Creek area tonight (Tuesday).  Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team are conducting a sweep along the banks of the creek, whilst Ryde Rescue 1 lifeboat carries out...

A man, equipped with nothing more than a battery-powered tea light, ‘thought it was the end’ when he got wedged inside a 15-inch stormwater pipe in Shanklin and had to be rescued by emergency crews. The unnamed individual spent more...

Specialist cleaners at the pub on Monday night The Folly Inn at Whippingham have confirmed that they were forced to close their doors on Saturday due to a suspected norovirus outbreak in the community. As previously reported by Island Echo,...

A man has sustained a nasty leg injury after being run over by a lorry in Carisbrooke yesterday (Monday). The incident occurred on Carisbrooke Road near Cedar Hill at around 10:30. Island Echo understands that the male pedestrian slipped, resulting...

A car has left the carriageway and crashed into a garden fence between Wroxall and Ventnor this evening (Monday).  Emergency services were called to the scene in Upper Ventnor, close to Rew Lane, shortly before 20:25. Firefighters from Shanklin are...