First reported by Island Echo

A blaze has engulfed a garden on a residential street in Cowes tonight (Friday), with firefighters working to prevent it spreading to neighbouring properties.  Firefighters from Cowes and Newport are on scene off Elm Grove, where a shed has gone...

A wildfire has broken out on marshland in Sandown this lunchtime (Friday), with firefighters working to bring the raging flames under control. It was around 13:20 that plumes of smoke started to billow across open land to the north of...

A 39-year-old man is under investigation for burglary, assault and a public order offence following an incident in central Ryde on Wednesday, with Police searching a car in the High Street yesterday in connection with the incident. It is alleged...

Emergency services were called to a medical incident near Ryde Harbour yesterday afternoon (Wednesday), with a woman taken to hospital for treatment. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team was tasked at 14:18 to assist Isle of Wight Ambulance Service after reports of...

Firefighters from several Isle of Wight stations are responding to a fire at Newport Police Station tonight (Thursday). Appliances, including the Aerial Ladder Platform, have been mobilised to the High Street by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue...

A piece of suspected wartime ordnance - discovered half-buried beneath the sand and surf - was detonated at dawn by Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts this morning (Thursday). Solent Coastguard was alerted to the discovery of a suspected piece of...

Police are investigating whether any medication has been stolen following a break-in at a pharmacy in Newport this morning (Thursday). Officers received a report at 08:18 that the glass panel on the door of Day Lewis Pharmacy on High Street...

Wightlink has cancelled a number of its Fastcat sailings this morning (Thursday) due to the breakdown of Wight Ryder II. A mechanical issue with the heat exchange on board the catamaran is causing disruption on the Ryde Pier Head-Portsmouth Harbour...

Newport’s Long Lane is blocked this morning (Wednesday) as a result of a 2-car crash - the second this week. Police and paramedics were first called to the scene at around 11:00 following reports of a collision on one of...

Concerns for the welfare of a man on the cliffs off Military Road near Brighstone led to a large emergency response late this afternoon (Monday). Police, paramedics and coastguards rushed to Military Road at just gone 17:00, amid concerns for...