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2-VEHICLE CRASH AT MORTON LEADS TO TRAFFIC DIVERSION HEADING INTO SANDOWN
A crash between a classic VW camper and a Toyota Yaris has led to the partial closure of Morton Road between Brading and Sandown this afternoon (Thursday). Police and paramedics are on scene near the junction with Devonia Gardens, where...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE TOUCHES DOWN ON THE GREEN IN GOLF CLUB MEDICAL EMERGENCY
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to Sandown for the second time in 24 hours - this time to a medical emergency at Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club. Flying medics took off from the air...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS MOBILISED TO DUNSBURY AS FIRE IN THE OPEN BREAKS OUT
Flames were seen reaching for the skies when a fire in the open broke out in a rural part of the West Wight earlier this evening (Wednesday). Firefighters from Freshwater were mobilised to Dunsbury Farm Lane, between Brook and Compton,...
Read moreDetailsSUSPECTED DRUG DEALER CAUGHT GETTING OFF CAR FERRY IN POMPEY
A suspected drug dealer is in custody after being caught getting off the Isle of Wight ferry with what is thought to be Class A drugs in his vehicle. Police stopped the vehicle as it disembarked from the Wightlink ferry...
Read moreDetailsWOMAN SUSTAINS LEG INJURY IN FALL AT WEST WIGHT TOURIST HOTSPOT
A fall on the beach at one of the Island’s most popular tourist hotspots has led to a call out for the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard this afternoon (Wednesday). At around 14:40, the Ambulance Service was...
Read moreDetailsFALL FROM SEA WALL SEES AIR AMBULANCE CALLED TO SANDOWN
A suspected spinal injury sustained after a fall from the sea wall at Sandown has led to the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance being scrambled to Sandown this morning (Wednesday). The pedestrian was walking along the pavement near...
Read moreDetailsELECTRICAL ARCING CAUSES SMALL FIRE ON RAILWAY LINE IN SANDOWN
Firefighters have been called to the railway line in Sandown this morning (Wednesday) as a result of electrical arcing setting fire to discarded materials on the track. It was around 10:00 that crews from Ryde and Shanklin were mobilised to...
Read moreDetailsMALE ARRESTED IN OAKFIELD AFTER TEENAGE BOY AND GIRL ASSAULTED
A 36-year-old man is in custody following an assault on 2 teenagers in Oakfield, Ryde last night (Tuesday). Police were called to reports of an assault against a boy and a girl on Oak Vale at around 19:00. 6 officers...
Read moreDetailsVENTNOR PARK CORDONED OFF AFTER SHOCK BODY DISCOVERY
Police have cordoned off a park in Ventnor following the discovery of a body earlier this morning (Wednesday). It was around 05:30 that emergency services were called to Ventnor Park off Park Avenue - an open green space popular with...
Read moreDetailsHOTEL GUESTS EVACUATED IN THE NIGHT FOLLOWING TOWEL FIRE IN SEAVIEW
Guests were evacuated from Seaview Hotel in the middle of the night when 'towelling materials' caught fire. It was just before 02:30 that the alarms at the prestigious hotel were activated as a result of a fire on the first...
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