First reported by Island Echo

Drama was witnessed on the streets of Newport tonight (Friday) as Armed Police swooped on an elderly male, making an arrest in connection with an incident in Wootton. It was at around 16:45 this afternoon that Police first responded to...

Firefighters are working alongside paramedics to get an injured individual to hospital - by extricating them from a top floor flat through the window. Paramedics were called to George Street in Ryde shortly before 20:00 tonight (Friday) to attend an...

Armed Police have descended on Wootton this evening (Friday) amid an ongoing and ‘serious’ firearms incident - which resulted in the closure of a key route for a time. Officers arrived in the area at around 16:45, first focusing their...

A main road in Carisbrooke has been partially closed by Police this morning (Friday) following a crash between a tractor with a trailer and a car. Police have been called to Carisbrooke High Street, just outside of The Co-op following...

A 23-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of affray following a fight between 2 men in East Cowes yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Police were called shortly after 16:30 to reports of two men fighting in Vectis Road, East Cowes. Officers attended...

Red Funnel has been forced to cancel timetabled sailings on its East Cowes-Southampton vehicle ferry service once again this morning (Thursday) due to yet another technical issue. The 05:00 from Southampton and the 06:30 from East Cowes have both been...

A 42-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assaulting an elderly male in Newport - knocking him unconscious - has been bailed as investigations into the shocking incident continue. Detectives from Newport CID have taken the lead on the investigation into...

A 27-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was violently assaulted in Binstead during the early hours of this morning (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has launched an investigation into the incident, which is said to have...

A powercut affecting 808 homes across 65 postcode areas on the northern boundary of Newport, including Forest Road, Parkhurst and St Cross Business Park tonight (Sunday). Power was lost at 23:21 and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is working to...

Continuing engine woes onboard the aging Red Eagle have resulted in another day of cancellations on Red Funnel’s vehicle ferry service. It was first thing yesterday morning (Saturday) that Red Eagle developed an engine fault as she travelled up Southampton...