First reported by Island Echo

Police are investigating reports that a 15-year-old girl was approached and offered a lift by a man she does not know in Newport earlier this morning (Sunday). The incident took place at around 07:25 in the Nodehill area of Newport...

UPDATED: Ryde Inshore Rescue are conducting a search of the Solent in the area of Ryde Sands this evening (Saturday). It is unclear at this stage what has prompted the tasking of Ryde Rescue 2 by Solent Coastguard, but the...

A drone operated by Lowland Search and Rescue has been deployed on the Isle of Wight again today (Saturday) as part of the continued search for missing Joanna Orpin. It has been 5 days since the 42-year-old went missing from...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision near Apse Heath this morning (Saturday), which has resulted in the closure of the main Sandown to Newport road in both directions. Up to 4 vehicles are reported to be involved in...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have attended The Star Inn in Wroxall this afternoon (Thursday) following reports of a carbon dioxide gas leak. Crews from Shanklin and Ryde - plus the Rescue Tender from Newport - were...

UPDATED: The hunt for missing Joanna Orpin has entered a third day, with HM Coastguard and Police conducting a shoreline search of the beach at Yaverland this morning (Thursday).  42-year-old Joanna, from Ryde, hasn’t been seen or heard from since...

UPDATED: An emergency road closure has been put in place between Rookley and Niton this evening (Wednesday) as a result of a small landslide. A section of high bank running alongside the carriageway near to The Chequers Inn has collapsed,...

WightSAR and HM Coastguard have this afternoon (Wednesday) resumed their search of Culver Down in the hunt for missing 42-year-old Joanna Orpin. Horrendous weather conditions, as experienced in yesterday’s 6-hour search, are yet again hampering efforts with driving rain and...

UPDATED: HM Coastguard and Hampshire Constabulary are conducting a search of Culver Down in horrendous weather conditions this morning (Tuesday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and a number of Police units are located at the top of the down, near to Sandown....

A cyclist has risked serious injury - or worse - by crossing a live train track with his pushbike to reach a disused platform on the other side... The incident happened at Brading Train Station earlier this morning (Tuesday) and...