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BURST WATER MAIN LEAVES RYDE PROPERTIES WITHOUT WATER
UPDATED: A water main has burst on Ashey Road in Ryde this morning (Wednesday) leaving hundreds of homes and businesses without running water. The incident has occurred at the junction with Bettesworth Road and has resulted in water coming up...
Read moreDetailsCRASH AT GODSHILL CLOSES MAIN ROAD
UPDATED: Police have closed the main road between Rookley and Godshill this afternoon (Tuesday) as a result of road traffic collision involving at least 2 vehicles. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service is on scene with Police near to Godshill...
Read moreDetailsHOVERTRAVEL’S FREEDOM 90 RETIRED FROM THE FLEET
UPDATED: Freedom 90, a hovercraft that has been serving Hovertravel’s Ryde to Southsea route for over 25 years, has been removed from the fleet. The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that the AP1-88 craft has been retired with immediate effect. She left...
Read moreDetailsBOMB DISPOSAL DETONATE DEVICE ON APPLEY BEACH
UPDATED: Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a device that is believed to have been handed into Newport Police Station earlier today (Monday). The Portsmouth-based team arrived at the police station in the heart...
Read moreDetails10-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH SUSPECTED SPINAL INJURIES RESCUED FROM SMUGGLER’S HAVEN
Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor assisted the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with rescuing a 10-year-old boy with suspected spinal injuries yesterday afternoon (Sunday). The 2 teams were called to Smuggler's Haven near Luccombe at around 16:00 to...
Read moreDetailsFLOATING BRIDGE SUSPENDED OVER FEARS OF HITTING WALL AT EAST COWES
UPDATED: The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge has been pulled from service this morning (Monday) due to fears of hitting the wall on the East Cowes side of the River Medina. Staff have moored the vessel up at the Cowes slipway...
Read moreDetailsYARMOUTH LIFEBOAT CALL OUT DEEMED A FALSE ALARM
Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat and The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team have been stood down from an incident near Fort Victoria this afternoon (Sunday). Solent Coastguard tasked the All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) from Yarmouth to launch at around 15:15 following reports of...
Read moreDetailsCAR FLIPS AFTER HITTING BANK ON BRADING DOWNS
The occupants of a Nissan Micra have escaped injury after the car hit a bank and rolled onto its roof on Brading Downs. Police are currently on scene at the incident near the junction with Upper Adgestone Road having been...
Read moreDetailsCHIMNEY FIRE EXTINGUISHED IN WELLOW
Fire crews from Freshwater and Yarmouth have extinguished a chimney fire at a house in Wellow this morning (Sunday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to Main Road at just gone 04:40 following a 999 call...
Read moreDetailsLISTING YACHT ASSISTED BY COWES LIFEBOAT
A 40ft yacht that run aground off Egypt Point this afternoon (Saturday) has been assisted into Cowes Harbour by Cowes RNLI Lifeboat. The volunteer RNLI crew were tasked to launch their Atlantic 85 Lifeboat shortly before 16:45 after the casualty...
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