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WOMAN DIES AFTER FALLING OVERBOARD FROM BOAT OFF COWES
A 43-year-old woman has tragically died after falling overboard from a boat off Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services responded to Trinity Landing in Cowes shortly after 14:00 when a female casualty was brought...
Read moreDetailsBOAT WASHES ASHORE AT COMPTON AFTER BREAKING MOORING IN ROUGH SEAS
A small boat has washed ashore on the beach at Compton after breaking free from its mooring in rough seas earlier this afternoon (Saturday). At just gone 14:20, Freshwater Independent Lifeboat was tasked to reports of a small motor vessel...
Read moreDetailsWOMAN IN HER 40s INVOLVED IN SERIOUS SAILING INCIDENT OFF COWES
Emergency teams have responded to a serious sailing incident involving a woman in her 40s off Cowes this afternoon (Saturday). It was around 14:00 that the female was discovered unconscious in the water on the Solent. The casualty was hauled aboard...
Read moreDetailsMULTIPLE FIRE CREWS MOBILISED AS SMOKE SEEN ISSUING FROM PROPERTY IN SHANKLIN
Fire crews from Shanklin, Sandown, Newport and Ryde are in attendance at a property fire in Shanklin this lunchtime (Saturday). Smoke is issuing from a large detached property on Sandown Road, near the junction with Howard Road. Firefighters are working...
Read moreDetailsKNIFE, BASEBALL BAT AND WRENCH SEIZED AS CAR STOPPED FOLLOWING CRASH
3 people have been arrested after a knife, baseball bat and a metal wrench were found inside a car that failed to stop at the scene of a crash in Lake last night (Thursday). Police were called at 20:30 to...
Read moreDetailsBAD WEATHER JUST HOURS AWAY WITH WEATHER WARNING IN FORCE FROM 15:00
Despite a sunny and clear-skied start to the day, the Isle of Wight is just hours away from heavy rain and strong winds with a yellow weather warning set to come into force from 15:00. As first reported by Island...
Read moreDetailsMOTORCYCLE CRASH IN CHALE SEES ROAD CLOSED AND AIR AMBULANCE CALLED IN
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is in attendance at a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car in Chale this afternoon (Thursday). The incident, which occurred on Chale Street at the junction with Newman Lane...
Read moreDetailsSIDEWAYS CAR BLOCKS ROAD ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF RYDE
Police are in attendance at a single-vehicle crash that has resulted in a car coming to rest across the carriageway on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Thursday). The incident has seen Seat Mii crash into the wall at the...
Read moreDetailsWEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY SAILINGS CANCELLED AS BREAKDOWN HITS RED FALCON
Red Funnel has cancelled 2 sailings on its East Cowes-Southampton service this evening (Wednesday). Due to a technical issue with a forward bellow on Red Falcon, the 20:15 from Southampton and the 21:45 from East Cowes have both been cancelled....
Read moreDetailsELECTRICAL FAULT SPARKS SUSPENSION OF FLOATING BRIDGE
The troubled Cowes Floating Bridge service has been suspended this evening (Wednesday) due to an electrical fault. Earlier this afternoon the Cowes-East Cowes link was halted when the unreliable Floating Bridge No.6 developed a fault relating to its electrics. A...
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