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LANDSLIDE AT ZIG ZAG ROAD PROMPTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO VENTNOR
A fresh landslide in a residential area of Ventnor has led to Police closing a number of roads in the town this evening (Friday). Emergency services are in attendance on Zig Zag Road, where Island Echo understands some of the...
Read moreDetailsVOID FULL OF DIRTY WATER OPENS UP IN SEAVIEW FORCING ROAD CLOSURE
A through road in Seaview has been closed following the discovery of a deep void this afternoon (Friday). It was around 13:00 that the 1-metre-wide hole on Steyne Road was first reported, with engineers from Southern Water swiftly sent out...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN THE WEST WIGHT
Medics from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) have been scrambled to Totland this afternoon (Friday) to assist with an ongoing medical emergency in the village. Having been scrambled from its Thruxton base at around 13:30, the...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE PROBE VAPE LINK AS 2 CHILDREN TAKEN ILL AT SANDOWN SCHOOL
Police are liaising with The Bay CE Secondary School in Sandown after 2 children were suddenly taken unwell yesterday (Thursday), with investigations underway as to whether an illegal vape was to blame. Island Echo can reveal that a pupil was rushed to...
Read moreDetailsMORTON COMMON CLOSED ONCE AGAIN AS CARRIAGEWAY FLOODED
High water levels have meant that Morton Common - a main route between Brading and Sandown - has today (Friday) been closed. Island Roads say the decision has been made on safety grounds, with closures to be put in place...
Read moreDetailsGRITTERS TO DEPLOY EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURE DROPS
Gritters will hit the Island's roads during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Saturday). Island Roads says that the decision has been made to treat the precautionary routes, as well as bridge decks at Stag Lane and Foxes Road in...
Read moreDetailsWITNESS APPEAL LAUNCHED FOLLOWING 2-CAR SMASH ON BUSY JUNCTION
Police have launched an appeal to speak to anyone who witnessed a 2-car crash on a major junction on the outskirts of Newport yesterday evening (Thursday). As previously reported by Island Echo Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to...
Read moreDetailsBODY OF MALE IN HIS 20S DISCOVERED FOLLOWING SUDDEN DEATH IN WOOTTON
Police were called to a residential address in Wootton Bridge yesterday evening (Thursday) where the body of a man in his 20s was discovered. Officers were called at around 16:50 by blue-light colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service...
Read moreDetailsEARLY HOURS ROCK FALL WIPES OUT TRAFFIC LIGHT IN VENTNOR
A rock fall on a main road through Ventnor has wiped out a traffic light and left debris scattered across the carriageway this morning (Friday). The incident has occurred at the junction of Gills Cliff Road and Castle Road, where...
Read moreDetails2 RESCUED AS LANDSLIDE BLOCKS SEA WALL AT TOTLAND
2 people were rescued after becoming stranded following a landslide in the West Wight this afternoon (Thursday). HM Coastguard responded to the revetment at Totland, alongside the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service, when 2 casualties - who were near the...
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