First reported by Island Echo

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...

A black Citroen Xsara Picasso has crashed into a parked car in Ryde this afternoon (Monday), promoting an emergency service response. 2 ambulances and paramedic officer from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently on scene at John Street....

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Newport this lunchtime (Monday). 2 fire appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene, alongside 2 ambulances from the Isle of Wight Ambulance...

Wightlink have been forced to cancel a number of sailings on their busy Fishbourne to Portsmouth route this morning (Monday). A mechanical issue means the 12:00 and 14:00 car ferry sailings from Portsmouth have been cancelled, alongside the 13:00 and...