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Island Roads will be deploying its gritters across the Isle of Wight's road network this afternoon (Tuesday) - and again tomorrow morning - due to the forecast for sub-zero temperatures. The fleet of gritters will be leaving the Stag Lane...
Read moreDetails35-year-old Liam Estridge - also known as Liam Smith - has been handed a 3-year prison sentence after more than £65,000 of Class A and Class B drugs were found at his Rookley home. It was on 12th September last...
Read moreDetails2 males are being sought by Police after a woman was mowed down by an illegal e-bike on the High Street in Ryde last night (Sunday). It was just before 20:10 that the incident occurred on the pedestrianised section of...
Read moreDetailsThere is yet more bad news for workers as it is announced Snows Isle of Wight is to close its Forest Road motor park next month, resulting in a number of redundancies. Staff at the Newport site were summoned to...
Read moreDetailsGritters will be out and about across the Island in the early hours of tomorrow morning (Tuesday) as the cold weather continues to bite. Temperatures overnight look set to hover around the zero mark so the fleet of gritters have...
Read moreDetailsIntense rainfall over the weekend, which has seen the Eastern Yar river swell, is now causing flooding on the main road between Ryde and Sandown. Morton Common is said to be impassable as a result of flood water submerging the...
Read moreDetailsHovertravel has suspended its cross-Solent service this morning (Monday) due to continuing adverse weather conditions. As many commuters head back to work for the first time since Christmas, and children return to school, the wet and windy weather is hampering...
Read moreDetailsAn investigation has been launched after a hit and run crash in Newport in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police were called at 05:09 following reports of a collision involving 3 cars, 2 of which were parked, on New...
Read moreDetailsHM Coastguard and the RNLI rushed to East Cowes this afternoon (Sunday) following reports of person in the water but when they arrived the ‘person’ was just a large floating tree. Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ventnor and Bembridge were first...
Read moreDetailsPart of a grade II listed building in Ventnor collapsed this afternoon (Sunday) leaving rubble all over a private driveway. The incident took place at around 14:30 and has seen a large portion of the building — located off Ocean...
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