First reported by Island Echo

A reward of £1,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and charge of 51-year-old ​​Henry Thomas Henderson from Sandown, who is wanted by Police in connection with a serious assault.  Henderson, of Downsview, is being sought...

UPDATED: The brand new Cowes Floating Bridge has been suspended for the second time in just 24 hours and just 2 days after entering service. The £3.2million vessel was hit by a total loss of power as it departed East...

UPDATED: A road traffic collision at Skew Bridge has closed the main road between Lake and Shanklin this morning (Monday).  1 vehicle - a Ford Fiesta - is understood to have collided into the bridge, resulting in the road becoming blocked...

Photo: Freshwater Fire Station UPDATED: Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tackled a summerhouse fire in Freshwater this evening (Sunday). 2 appliances from Freshwater and Newport were mobilised to an address on Bay Road at 18:15...

A man has been airlifted from Brading to a mainland hospital by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance this afternoon (Friday). The life-saving helicopter landed at Brading recreation ground at 14:45 following a request for assistance from the...

UPDATED: A van and car have collided on West Lane in Brading this afternoon (Thursday), resulting in the road becoming blocked in both directions. Neither the driver of the Ford Transit van or the Citroen C4 car have sustained any...

UPDATED: Ryde Inshore Rescue have launched to assist a vessel in difficulty off Fishbourne this lunchtime (Thursday).  Ryde Rescue 1 lifeboat has made speed towards the casualty vessel, which appears to have drifted further West towards Osborne Bay. The volunteer and...

UPDATED: The volunteer crew of Cowes RNLI have been launched to a medical emergency on board a yacht in the Solent this afternoon (Wednesday). The inshore B-class lifeboat was tasked to the incident by Solent Coastguard at just before 14:30....

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at Cowes High Street this afternoon (Wednesday) over fears of a building fire. Crews from Newport are currently inspecting an office premises above local café Tiffins, near to Cowes...

Several members of staff at the troubled Sandown Bay Academy have been given notice by Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), but the mix of voluntary and compulsory redundancies are said to be unrelated to the proposed merger with Ryde Academy. It has...