First reported by Island Echo

Detectives and forensic investigators descended on a house in Shanklin on Christmas Day following the unexpected death of an elderly woman. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service was called to a residential address on Victoria Avenue at just before 09:30...

A car has been left abandoned in a stream in a rural West Wight village after it careered off the road last night (Monday). The Honda Civic estate left the carriageway at Broad Lane - near Waytes Court - at...

A 23-year-old Ryde man has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst unfit through drink after allegedly being spotted driving in an erratic manner yesterday afternoon (Sunday). Police were called at around 15:20 to a report of a black Ford...

Numerous items of furniture - suspected to have been stolen from Sandown last month - have been seized by Police at an address in Ventnor. Officers arrived at a property on Chestnut Close in Upper Ventnor yesterday evening (Sunday) to...

Suspected Class A drugs were seized when Police raided an address on a quiet residential estate in Lake this morning (Friday). It was just before 08:00 that more than a dozen officers descended on Woodhall Drive, on the Merrie Gardens...

A sailing vessel with engine problems just off the North coast of the Isle of Wight was rescued by Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat yesterday evening (Thursday). It was just before 18:00 that HM Coastguard received reports from the lone skipper of...

Island Roads will be deploying its fleet of gritters across the Isle of Wight during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Friday) as the mercury drops once again. The team will treat the local road network from 03:30, just before...

A man in his 50s has tragically died just days before Christmas after being hit by a motorcycle whilst seemingly crossing the road on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Thursday).  It was just before 05:50 - in darkness -...

HSS Hire has shut the doors to its Newport branch for good, citing increasing costs associated with the Isle of Wight as part of the reason for its closure. Although predominately a tool hire shop, at the start of the...

A serious road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian has resulted in the closure of the main road between Newport and Cowes this morning (Thursday). The incident has occurred on the A3020 Horsebridge Hill near the junction with...