First reported by Island Echo

UPDATED: A 3 tonne weight limit on the failing road bridge at Newchurch has been imposed this lunchtime (Monday) ahead of a 10-week total road closure later this year. Island Roads have confirmed that vehicles weighing over 3T are no...

UPDATED: A 43-year-old man from Shanklin has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following last night's stabbing in Shanklin. As first reported by Island Echo, a man was stabbed on the corner of Spring Gardens and St Paul's Avenue...

UPDATED: Ryde Inshore Rescue are attending to a motor cruiser with a reported fire on board off Ryde Harbour this morning (Sunday). The independent lifeboat was tasked by Solent Coastguard at just before 11:00 following a Mayday alert from the...

A teenager suffering from the effects of an overdose has been airlifted to hospital by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance following a multi-agency rescue operation in Sandown this morning (Sunday). Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor...

UPDATED: Doctors from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have landed in Shanklin tonight (Saturday) following the apparent stabbing of a man on a residential street in the town. Police have erected a cordon at the junction of St...

UPDATED: Forensic officers from the mainland are tonight (Friday) conducting a search of a home in East Cowes, where it is thought a person has died. Detectives, uniformed officers and the specialist scientific sciences team are in attendance at an...

An inflatable swan has been recovered by the crew of Bembridge RNLI Inshore lifeboat tonight (Friday) after it was spotted floating out to sea off Bembridge Ledge. Solent Coastguard were alerted to the sighting at around 20:00, prompting teams from...

UPDATED: A body has been discovered in woodland in Totland, according to unconfirmed reports. Police are understood to have been called to the scene near the waterfront at around 20:30 last night (Thursday). According to sources, a group of young men...

FOUND: Police are searching for an elderly male with Alzheimer's who has gone missing whilst on holiday in Sandown this evening (Thursday). Officers are conducting door to door enquiries in the area following the disappearance of the man from the Channel View...

Contributed The Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team from Portsmouth have been on the Isle of Wight today (Thursday). A torpedo engine was hauled up by a local fisherman back in April, resulting in damage to the boat's expensive fishing gear....