DRIVER FLEES AFTER CAR HITS SIGN AND SPINS
11th July 2026
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Southern Vectis operated school bus has this morning been involved in a collision in Ventnor Town, causing considerable damage to the vehicle. The double-decker bus, part of the new Vectis Blue fleet, collided with a lamp post...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters spent over an hour tackling a flat fire in the early hours of this morning (Monday) at a terraced property in Shanklin , resulting in one person being treated for smoke inhalation. At the height of the blaze, up...
Read moreDetailsSandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat is this evening assisting Solent Coastguard in the search for a kite surfer off of Culver Cliff in Sandown. The independent lifeboat is understood to have been paged by HM Coastguard control shortly before 17:00...
Read moreDetailsA report that a male aboard a yacht in the Solent was having suspected heart attack led to Cowes lifeboat being put on alert shortly before midday today (Friday). The yacht, the 37ft Femme Fatale, contacted Solent Coastguard while in...
Read moreDetailsA 5-hour inquest has today (Thursday) heard the harrowing details of how Deborah Anne Morris was unlawfully killed in her own home after her husband, the late Rory Morris, stabbed her 16 times, including a stab wound to the heart....
Read moreDetailsA road traffic collision between two vehicles on Binstead Hill near Ryde is causing traffic tailbacks in the area this evening. The collision between a Blue Ford Escort and a Silver Mazda 323 occurred at the junction of Cemetery Road...
Read moreDetailsPolice have this afternoon cordoned off an area of a town square in Ryde after a man was discovered in a serious, life-threatening condition. The male, believed to be aged in his 30s, has been rushed to St Mary's Hospital,...
Read moreDetailsRoyal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have this afternoon attended Osborne House in East Cowes after three artillery shells were discovered by members of staff, one of which is believed to date back to Victorian times. A 999 call was made...
Read moreDetailsA car has this afternoon collided into a tree in the front garden of a property in Arreton. Emergency services were called to the incident shortly before 16:25 after the car ploughed into the tree on the main Sandown to...
Read moreDetailsAn early morning, high-speed pursuit on the outskirts of Newport has resulted in a female Police officer sustaining injuries after the 4x4 vehicle she was driving crashed into a stable block, causing serious damage. The incident occurred at around 02:40...
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