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2-HOUR DELAYS ON WIGHTLINK’S FISHBOURNE FERRY ROUTE
Cross-Solent operator Wightlink is advising of 2-hour delays to its Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service this morning (Thursday) - but the reason remains unclear. Every single ferry to and from the Isle of Wight on the busy route is listed as...
Read moreDetailsELDERLY MAN AT WHEEL OF CAR THAT CRASHED INTO WALL SUSTAINS SERIOUS INJURIES
Police have confirmed that the elderly driver of a Kia that crashed into a wall in Ventnor yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) has sustained serious injuries. Police were called by ambulance colleagues to Leeson Road at around 14:42 when a Kia Pride...
Read moreDetailsSUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS ARRESTED IN APSE HEATH FOLLOWING VEHICLE STOP
A 43-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man have been arrested and questioned in connection with suspected drug dealing after their car was stopped in Apse Heath yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). At around 15:00, officers stopped a silver Peugeot 206 on Newport...
Read moreDetailsCAR CAREERS INTO WALL PROMPTING LARGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO VENTNOR
Emergency services have been called to Leeson Road in Ventnor this afternoon (Tuesday) where a car has veered off the road. The incident, which has occurred on the main road between Shanklin and Ventnor, has involved a Kia Pride. Police...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE MEDICS SCRAMBLED AFTER PASSENGER TAKEN ILL ON RED FUNNEL FERRY
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance landed in the car park at Red Funnel's Southampton terminal this morning (Tuesday) in response to a passenger suffering a medical emergency on board the Red Falcon. Several vehicles from both Police...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE SEEK 2 MEN AFTER WOMAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ON ROUTE 3 BUS
Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses to a sexual assault during which a woman in her 20s was inappropriately touched whilst travelling on a bus. The incident happened on the Route 3 bus, between Ventnor and...
Read moreDetailsFULLY LADEN LORRY LEFT ON THE EDGE AS DRIVER TAKES EVASIVE ACTION
A lorry that has left the road near Yaverland after its driver took evasive action to avoid an oncoming vehicle has been prevented from rolling over by a road sign. Island Echo is told that a car exited Culver Down Road...
Read moreDetailsARTERIAL ROUTE CLOSED AS CAR CRASHES ONTO ROOF NEAR GODSHILL
Firefighters, paramedics and police are in attendance at a 2-car road traffic collision on the main road between Newport and Godshill this morning (Tuesday), in which a car has overturned and come to a stop upside down on its roof....
Read moreDetailsBLACK ICE WARNING ISSUED AS TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO DROP ACROSS THE ISLAND
A yellow weather warning has been issued for the Isle of Wight tomorrow morning (Tuesday), with Islanders being urged to take care due to the risk of black ice. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that evening showers will leave...
Read moreDetailsMAN WITH KNIFE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER SUSTAINING INJURIES IN INCIDENT AT ST HELENS HOME
A man has been rushed to hospital under Police escort after sustaining injuries at a property in the village of St Helens this afternoon (Monday). 5 Police units and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service responded to a property on...
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