First reported by Island Echo

Firefighters are tackling a house fire in Carisbrooke this evening (Tuesday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been mobilised 3 appliances to a residential property on Kestrel Way - off of Fieldfare Road. Crews from Newport and...

Over 114 postcodes in the Ryde and Bembridge areas have been hit by a power cut this afternoon (Tuesday).  Lights started flickering in homes and businesses at just before 14:00. Now, Southern and Scottish Electricity Networks have confirmed that customers in...

A teenage girl attempted to rob a shop in broad daylight brandishing a large kitchen knife earlier this afternoon (Monday). Police officers were called to Duffetts Stores on John Street in Ryde at around 12:45 following reports of the unnerving incident....

Isle of Wight man Jonathan Christopher Stasiuk has appeared at Winchester Crown Court today (Thursday) accused of the murder of 73-year-old Gerry White last Monday. Stasiuk, 60, of Pier Street, was not present in the court in person but appeared...

Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat launched to medivac a crew member from the Clipper Ventures yacht ‘CV22’ late last night (Sunday).  'Alfred Albert Williams' hit the water at 23:20 following a request from Solent Coastguard to aid a male crew...

Concerns for the welfare of an individual has prompted a response to Culver Down by Police and HM Coastguard this morning (Sunday).  A number of Police officers have rushed to the scene, alongside Coastguard officers from both Bembridge and Ventnor....

The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Freshwater’s Co-Responder attended Freshwater Bay this morning (Saturday) where an elderly man had sustained an injury whilst trying to rescue Candy, his pet Corgi. The dog fell off the sea wall and into...

The area at the centre of this week's investigations A byway popular with dog walkers in Lake has re-opened following the conclusion of on-scene investigations by Police probing the murder of 73-year-old Gerry White. Since the discovery of Mr White's...

A child has been rescued by a swimmer after being swept out to sea on a paddleboard at Seagrove Bay near Seaview this afternoon (Thursday). Bembridge RNLI were tasked for an immediate launch at around 16:35 after a member of...

A study to look at delivering a bridge over the River Medina within the next decade looks set to be commissioned by the Isle of Wight Council. The major infrastructure project will effectively act as a Newport bypass for traffic...