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Police are in attendance at Battery Gardens between Sandown and Shanklin this morning (Tuesday) over concerns for the welfare of an individual.  Officers are diverting members of the public away from the public recreation area at Lake whilst they talk...

The main road between Lake and Shanklin has been closed in both directions this morning (Monday) to facilitate emergency carriageway repairs. Island Roads have been deployed to rectify a deteriorating section of road on Sandown Road between Alresford Road to just...

** UPDATE - 1 dead and 19 injured in major incident. Read the latest updates at https://www.islandecho.co.uk/1-dead-and-19-injured-in-bus-crash/. ** Emergency services are responding to a serious crash, which has involved 2 cars and a double-decker bus, on Forest Road on the outskirts...

Police have located a suspect and carried out a number of searches following a public order incident in Newport on Wednesday afternoon. Officers were called to St James' Street in the centre of town at around midday when disorder erupted...

A 2-inch mortar that was discovered in a farmer’s field in Shanklin has been blown up in a controlled explosion at Yaverland beach near Sandown this morning (Saturday). 3 Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts from Portsmouth - and a fourth...

The Isle of Wight's Joint Operations Roads Policing Team have seized a vehicle that was being driven on the road by a 16-year-old this evening (Friday). Officers pulled the silver Suzuki Swift over whilst out on patrol in the Newport area....

2 appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending an address on the outskirts of Newchurch this evening (Wednesday). Crews from Ryde and Newport are on scene at Skinners Lane where a small grill pan fire...

A car has rolled onto its roof resulting in the closure of the main road through Havenstreet this lunchtime (Tuesday). The incident has occurred on Combley Road between the Steam Railway and Briddlesford Road and has involved a Fiat Punto....

Police have been called to a 3-car shunt on the main road in and out of East Cowes this morning (Tuesday). Traffic is heavy in the area as a result of the crash at Whippingham, between the junctions of Alverstone...

‘We’ll never get exhausted of this’ - that’s the message from Police on the Isle of Wight who are continuing to rid the roads of uninsured vehicles and their law-breaking drivers. Seizing vehicles isn’t just the responsibility of the Island’s...