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FLOATING BRIDGE OUT OF ACTION YET AGAIN DUE TO ‘BROKEN CHAIN’
The Cowes Floating Bridge has been pulled from service once again - for the second time in a week - due to what is understood to be a broken chain. It was early last Saturday morning that Floating Bridge No.6...
Read moreDetailsTRAILER FULL OF GRASS OVERTURNS BLOCKING MAIN ROAD TO THE WEST WIGHT
A trailer that overturned on the main road between Newport and Yarmouth earlier this afternoon (Thursday) has been righted, thanks to the efforts of the farming community. The A3054 Yarmouth Road became blocked in both directions when a trailer carrying...
Read moreDetailsDINGHY FLOATING 7 MILES OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT RECOVERED BY BEMBRIDGE RNLI
Bembridge RNLI launched to reports of a sailing dinghy floating 7 nautical miles South of St Catherine's Point yesterday lunchtime (Wednesday). Solent Coastguard requested that volunteers launch the All Weather Lifeboat to locate and inspect the yellow Laser Pico dinghy...
Read moreDetailsWINDY WEATHER ON THE WAY WITH GUSTS OF 50MPH WARNS LOCAL FORECASTER
Local weather forecaster IW Met Service has issued an advisory notice for strong winds later on today (Thursday) and overnight into Friday morning. It's said that an area of low pressure is moving in from the Atlantic bringing some very...
Read moreDetailsEXTENT OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S CYGNET HOTEL FIRE REVEALED
Daylight has revealed the extent of the damage caused to the disused Cygnet Hotel in Sandown after a blaze broke out late last night (Wednesday). Around 30 firefighters were mobilised to Carter Street in the town at 22:30 when fire...
Read moreDetailsBLAZE BREAKS OUT AT SANDOWN’S DISUSED CYGNET HOTEL – AGAIN
A fire has broken out at the former Cygnet Hotel in Sandown tonight (Wednesday), with multiple fire crews on scene working to contain and extinguish the blaze. Smoke can be issuing from the property on the corner of Carter Street...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED TO EMERGENCY IN BRIGHSTONE FOREST
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to an incident on the fringes of Brighstone Forest this afternoon (Wednesday). Flying medics were alerted to the medical emergency in the vicinity of the Public Bridleway CB20 at...
Read moreDetailsBODY OF MAN IN HIS 20S FOUND IN RYDE WOODLAND
The body of a man in his 20s has been discovered in amongst woodland in the heart of Ryde today (Tuesday). Police were called to St John's Park - between East Hill Road and West Hill Road - at 09:12...
Read moreDetailsASSAULT SUSPECT TASERED BY POLICE DURING EARLY MORNING ARREST IN PAN
A 32-year-old man wanted in connection with an assault was tasered by Police in Newport early this morning (Tuesday) when he challenged officers with violence. At just gone 06:30, Police were called to reports of an assault at an address...
Read moreDetailsTHIRD LINE SIDE FIRE IN THE PAST WEEK TACKLED BY FIRE CREWS
Firefighters from Ryde and Newport worked to extinguish a small line side fire in Ashey this afternoon (Monday) - the third such fire in the past week. At 16:44, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised appliances...
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