First reported by Island Echo

A planning application has been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council to build a state of the art indoor sports and education centre in Ryde offering ice skating, tennis courts, a climbing wall and much more. The Smallbrook Ice...

Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat launched to investigate a distress alert from a yacht off Bembridge this afternoon (Friday). RNLB Norman Harvey was launched at around 14:35 at the request of Solent Coastguard to investigate a DSC Distress alert that had...

Reports of animal cruelty taking place in a popular park in East Cowes turned out to be a false alarm, Police have confirmed this evening (Friday). 5 Police units rushed to Vectis Playing Fields off Victoria Grove at 16:56 after...

Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are in attendance at a road traffic collision between a pedestrian and a van in East Cowes this afternoon (Friday). A child has been hit by a moving vehicle on Beatrice Avenue,...

Fire crews from Ryde and Newport have responded to reports of a burning smell coming from a kitchen appliance at a property in Wootton this lunchtime (Friday). 2 appliances were mobilised to Church Road at around 11:50 after a homeowner...

Firefighters are tackling a car fire at Downend near Arreton this evening (Thursday). 1 appliance from Newport is on scene having been mobilised by control shortly before 17:55. Traffic is building in the area. UPDATE @ 18:28 - Investigations by...

A 35-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in Ventnor on Tuesday evening has been bailed by Police. As previously reported by Island Echo, officers cordoned off a section of St Catherine's Church graveyard on Tuesday...

HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are involved in a multi agency operation to rescue a dog that has gone over the cliff at Devil’s Chimney near Ventnor this afternoon (Wednesday). Firefighters from Ryde, Shanklin...

Yarmouth RNLI's All Weather Lifeboat launched to assist a yacht off the coast of the Isle of Wight this morning (Wednesday). Solent Coastguard tasked the search and rescue asset at 09:45 after being alerted to the plight of 2 people...

Police have arrested an Isle of Wight man on suspicion of rape following an incident in broad daylight in Ventnor yesterday (Tuesday). As previously reported by Island Echo, officers sealed off an area of the graveyard at St Catherine's Church...