MURDER ARRESTS AS MAN IN 50s STABBED TO DEATH IN SANDOWN
3rd July 2026
BODY OF MAN FOUND ON PATHWAY IN BINSTEAD
29th June 2026
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UPDATE: Police and paramedics are responding to a road traffic collision between a car and a motorcycle at Apse Heath this afternoon (Monday). The incident has taken place on the main Sandown to Newport road and is causing delays in...
Read moreDetailsA local service which aims to promote independence, access to information and communication, is expanding its support services across the Island. The Digital Inclusion Project, delivered by Age UK Isle of Wight as part of their Age Friendly Island initiative,...
Read moreDetailsThe Seaview Hotel Restaurant & Bar have retained their coveted Michelin Bib Gourmand award for the fourth year running. Named after Bibendum – the Michelin Man – the Bib Gourmand award highlights restaurants which offer good quality, good value cooking. For...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Police, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard have been called to the discovery of a body on the shore at Totland this morning (Monday). Officers arrived on scene at around 08:30 following a call from a...
Read moreDetailsIn the past year, 314 people have donated money to charity in memory of a loved one via a free online memorial feature offered by 6 Isle of Wight funeral homes. There have also been 7 Isle of Wight-based charities...
Read moreDetailsMountbatten is encouraging people across the Isle of Wight to Go Yellow in support of those facing death, dying and bereavement, as the charity launches its annual fundraising campaign. The fundraising drive runs until7th October 2018, when people are urged...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters from Newport and Yarmouth have tackled a dishwasher fire in Shalfleet tonight (Sunday). 2 appliances were mobilised to a residential address on Manor Green shortly before 22:30 when homeowners alerted fire control to the developing fire. The first crew...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Police officers on the ground and in the air have descended on the village of Havenstreet tonight (Sunday). An apparent urgent search is currently underway as multiple Police units rush around the area, pulling over vehicles and even searching...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Hovertravel’s Ryde to Southsea service is to remain suspended into Monday morning due to a technical issue with Island Flyer - the only hovercraft left operating on the busy route. The troubled hovercraft was pulled at around 12:30 today due...
Read moreDetailsInvestigations are underway following the discovery of a number of pills and empty medication boxes on a beach in Bembridge this morning (Sunday). Local resident David Hunt was walking along the shore at the bottom of Ducie Avenue when he...
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