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FALL 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...
Read moreDetailsWIFE’S CONCERN FOR OVERDUE KAYAKER LED TO COWES LIFEBOAT LAUNCH
A wife’s concern that her husband was overdue on his kayak led to the launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat this afternoon (Tuesday). The man was planning to kayak from Lee on Solent to Calshot, but apparently was overdue at Calshot....
Read moreDetailsWITNESSES SOUGHT FOLLOWING SERIOUS COLLISION INVOLVING MOTORCYCLIST IN FRESHWATER
Police are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage following a serious collision in Freshwater yesterday evening (Monday) that saw a motorcyclist airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called at about 18:30...
Read moreDetailsFRIDGE GOES UP IN FLAMES AT POPULAR NEWPORT BARBERS
Firefighters from Newport, Cowes and Ryde were mobilised to a fire at Efes Barbers in Newport late last night (Monday). 5 appliances and an Aerial Ladder Platform were sent to the High Street at 23:22 when reports were received by...
Read moreDetailsMILITARY ROAD SMASH SEES MOTORCYCLIST AIRLIFTED TO MAINLAND HOSPITAL
A motorcyclist has been airlifted to Southampton General Hospital with potentially serious injuries following a crash between a motorcycle and a car on Military Road at Freshwater. Emergency services were called to the scene overlooking Freshwater Bay at around 18:25...
Read moreDetailsCASUALTY TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION AFTER EARLY HOURS RESTAURANT FIRE
1 person was treated for the effects of smoke inhalation following a fire at a restaurant in Cowes High Street during the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday). Crews from Cowes and Newport were alerted to the incident at 04:30....
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