SUMMER HOLIDAY DELAYS AFTER MULTI-VEHICLE COLLISION IN LAKE
31st July 2026
1 INJURED AFTER BUS AND VAN COLLIDE ON RURAL ROAD
1st August 2026
A raid in Newport yesterday afternoon (Thursday) led to Police making 2 drug-related arrests. At around 14:50, officers from the High Harm Team attended the residential address on Whitepit Lane and detained a 48-year-old male and a 49-year-old male. During...
Read moreDetailsA man is recovering after being badly beaten by a ‘gang of men’ who allegedly jumped out of a vehicle and assaulted him at the roadside in Shanklin earlier this week. The incident happened on Church Road, next to Big...
Read moreDetails44-year-old Daniel Sivyour from Newport has been jailed for more than 6 years for his role in an organised crime gang that sold drugs on the Isle of Wight and across the Hampshire and Dorset regions. 18 members of the...
Read moreDetailsLengthy rush hour delays are being experienced on the main Newport to Cowes road this teatime (Thursday) as a result of a broken down horsebox. Traffic along Parkhurst Road, Horsebridge Hill, Cowes Road and Newport Road is very heavy with...
Read moreDetailsAfter a successful day of action yesterday, Police here on the Isle of Wight have today (Thursday) stopped a large number of motorists for numerous driving infringements including catching a driver coming off the ferry at Fishbourne under the influence...
Read moreDetailsThe Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to Shanklin this afternoon (Thursday) to assist with a medical emergency inside a residential flat in the middle of town. Flying doctors landed on the school field of St...
Read moreDetailsPolice have located and secured a stolen BMW, which will now be returned to its rightful owner, thanks to its onboard tracker. Officers from the Island's Roads Policing Unit have worked alongside UK tracking company 'Tracker' today (Thursday) to locate...
Read moreDetailsFor the 12th consecutive day, gritting lorries will be out and about across the Island's roads tomorrow morning (Friday). Another salt run on the precautionary routes will take place in the early hours of Friday morning, although a time hasn't...
Read moreDetailsOver 50 motorists have been stopped and dealt with by Police today (Wednesday) as part of a day of action by mainland roads policing officers, with 2 drivers arrested for drug driving. The operation began early this morning with marked...
Read moreDetailsA man who was stopped for using his mobile phone at the wheel has been arrested for resisting Police after trying to leg it from officers on a busy road near Wootton this morning (Wednesday). At around 10:30, the unnamed...
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