First reported by Island Echo

Island Roads will be deploying its fleet of gritters tomorrow morning (Wednesday) as temperatures drop across the Isle of Wight. The fleet will treat the local road network from 04:00, just before the majority of Islanders wake up and head...

A 52-year-old man remains in custody this afternoon after he was arrested following an alleged assault at an address in Sandown last night (Monday). Officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were called at 19:38 yesterday evening to a...

A field fire on the outskirts of Calbourne is being tackled by firefighters from Newport and Freshwater this evening (Monday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were first alerted to the fire at around 17:00, with a...

A 2-car crash saw a Ford MPV flatten a road sign on a roundabout in Newport this morning (Monday) The incident occurred at around 10:00 on the Staplers Road roundabout and saw a Ford Tourneo and a BMW E46 Compact...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) has conveyed a patient to Southampton following a medical emergency in Freshwater Bay this morning (Monday). Having left its Thruxton base at around 08:10, the yellow and green liveried helicopter touched...

A fisherman found clinging to the side of his boat after going overboard at the mouth of the River Medina has been rescued thanks to quick-thinking bystanders and the emergency services. The lone sailor is understood to have gone over...

A man in his 40s from Ryde has died after his car plunged into the sea at Gurnard late last night (Saturday). Emergency services rushed to Shore Road at just before 23:30 after receiving reports that a vehicle had careered...

A search and rescue operation is underway to locate potential casualties in the water after a car plunged into the sea at Gurnard shortly before midnight. It was at around 23:45 that emergency services were alerted to a vehicle crashing...

Police are working to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a man in his 50s in Ventnor. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was called at 09:56 this morning (Saturday) to a report of a sudden death...

More than 600 homes are without power in the Shanklin area tonight (Friday) owing to a fault on the electricity network. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) says that a total of 64 postcode areas in the vicinity of Shanklin...