First reported by Island Echo

A 15-year-old girl helped to save a intoxicated man from the sea at Sandown last night (Saturday). Whilst thousands of people were enjoying the annual fireworks display, one man took it upon himself to enter the bitterly cold water in...

UPDATED: Police were called to a road traffic collision involving a Skoda Fabia on Lake High Street late last night (Saturday). The red hatchback sustained heavy front end damage after colliding with a number of bollards lining the carriageway. Airbags...

UPDATED: Police and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams are attending an incident at Totland Pier in the West Wight this morning (Saturday). As previously reported by Island Echo, the National Police Air Service helicopter started circling Ryde shortly after 05:00 before...

Local residents were woken from their beds by the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter conducting an apparent search in the skies above Ryde earlier this morning (Saturday). At just gone 05:00 the Bournemouth-based helicopter started circling the town in...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to an alarm activation at The Royal Hotel in Ventnor this morning (Saturday). 3 appliances from Ventnor, Shanklin and Newport were mobilised to the scene on Belgrave Road at around...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at a fish & chip shop in Ryde this afternoon (Friday). 2 appliances and an aerial ladder platform are all on scene at Oakfield High Street, where a...

UPDATED: A body has been discovered in woodland in a remote part of Central Wight this lunchtime (Thursday). Police, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard are currently on scene in a field off the main Carisbrooke to...

UPDATED: Police have closed Lugley Street in Newport this morning (Thursday) as a result of a minor road traffic collision.  A van and a car have been involved in a small come to at the junction with Mill Street. Officers...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to an alert at St Mary's Hospital in Newport this morning (Thursday). 2 appliances from Newport, 1 from Ryde, 1 from East Cowes and the aerial ladder platform from...

UPDATED: Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have been called to Isle of Wight Aggregates on Arctic Road in Cowes this afternoon (Wednesday). The discovery of ordnance has prompted the area to be cordoned off by Police. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)...