DRIVER FLEES AFTER CAR HITS SIGN AND SPINS IN VENTNOR
11th July 2026
The Isle of Wight Council is considering three reports from Island Roads about sections of Undercliff Drive affected by ground movement earlier this year, with the option of permanently closing Undercliff Drive on the table. Back in February, the Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsBembridge Coastguard Rescue Team were called in to assist the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with moving a casualty who had fallen and broken his leg on a remote footpath below Brading down this evening (Wednesday) Paramedics got to the...
Read moreDetailsAn 18-year-old Islander has been summoned to appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court in relation to causing the deaths of two people by careless driving following a tragic collision on The Downs back in January of this year....
Read moreDetailsA body has this evening (Tuesday) been discovered in the search for missing 67-year-old Patricia Tolfree. The discovery was made on the beach below Tennyson Down, close to High Down Chalk Pit in Totland (pictured) where Mrs Tolfree's car was...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Parents of youngsters in Ryde are saying health and safety has gone mad following the closure of a popular children's play area after a child slipped on some mud. Appley Park sand play area has been closed for weeks...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Police and Coastguard Rescue Teams are this evening (Monday) in attendance at Lake Cliff Gardens where it is understood a person has gone over the cliff edge. Emergency services were called to the scene between Sandown and Shanklin at around...
Read moreDetailsA BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE SEARCH FOR PATRICIA TOLFREE MISSING PERSON: Police and volunteer search and rescue operatives are continuing their search for a missing 67-year-old woman who hasn't been seen in over two days. As previously reported,...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Island Line train services have been suspended at St John's Station in Ryde this afternoon (Monday) following loss of power and smoke coming from the lead carriage. Passengers were evacuated from the train after smoke was seen to be...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED: Firefighters are this afternoon (Monday) tackling a property fire in Lake. Crews were called to the scene on Lea Road shortly before 12:15 following reports of a kitchen fire in a semi-detached bungalow. Appliances from Sandown and Newport are currently...
Read moreDetailsA 999 call by a member of the public reporting that a person was in difficulty in the water off of the Sandown coastline prompted an immediate response from lifeboat and Coastguard Rescue teams yesterday afternoon (Sunday). Solent Coastguard received reports...
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