APPEAL TO HELP REPLACE AGEING SEARCH AND RESCUE CONTROL VEHICLE
The Isle of Wight's search and rescue team, Wight SAR, is appealing for the public's help in funding a new Incident Control Vehicle. The organisation regularly assists in searches for missing or vulnerable people alongside emergency service colleagues from the...
Read moreDetailsARSON INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED AFTER DERELICT CARE HOME FIRE IN SANDOWN
Hampshire Constabulary has launched an arson investigation after a fire at a derelict care home in Sandown yesterday (Sunday). As first reported by Island Echo, firefighters from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to the former...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE FOCUS ON DRIVERS NOT WEARING SEATBELTS IN LATEST CRACKDOWN
If you are involved in a collision and not wearing a seatbelt, the force you will hit the windscreen is approximately 30 to 60 times your own body weight and you are also twice as likely to die as those...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS CALLED TO SANDOWN’S DERELICT STONEHAVEN
Firefighters from Shanklin, Sandown and Newport are in attendance at a building fire in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). 3 appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at the former Stonehaven assisted living facility...
Read moreDetailsMAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER RYDE DRUGS RAID
Officers from Hampshire Constabulary have made 2 arrests following a drugs raid in Ryde yesterday (Saturday). Several units attended an address in Cross Street yesterday afternoon, where police made the discovery of a number of plants which are suspected to...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS MOBILISED TO ELECTRICAL FIRE AT THE HUT
Firefighters from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at a West Wight restaurant this morning (Sunday). 2 appliances from Freshwater and Newport are attending a fire at The Hut eatery in Colwell Bay....
Read moreDetailsNEW SEABIN INSTALLED IN EAST COWES TO HELP TACKLE MARINE LITTER IN THE SOLENT
A new Seabin has been installed in East Cowes Marina to help tackle marine litter in the Solent and engage the public with the issue of marine plastic pollution and the impact this has on our marine life. A Seabin...
Read moreDetailsWIGHTBID RENEWAL ‘UNWANTED’ BY LOCAL TOURISM BUSINESSES
Following the first 5-year term of WightBID, local businesses who have been forced to pay towards the tourism programme - even throughout the coronavirus pandemic - have voiced their disdain for the levy. WightBID was introduced to focus on marketing...
Read moreDetailsDECOMPOSING WHALE WASHES ASHORE NEAR YARMOUTH
Visitors to a popular country park in the West Wight are being warned to be cautious when walking along the beach after a decomposing whale washed up today (Saturday). Dog walkers and those with a sensitive disposition heading to Fort...
Read moreDetailsISLAND END OF LIFE CARE CONSULTANT RECEIVES NATIONAL NURSING AWARD
The Isle Of Wight NHS Trust says it is extremely proud of its Clinical Director and Consultant Nurse for End of Life Care services, Shane Moody, who has been presented with a prestigious Chief Nursing Officer Silver Award. Shane was...
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