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NEWPORT MAN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO CARS IN SANDOWN
30-year-old Harry Turnbull from Newport has been charged with criminal damage after a number of vehicles were smashed in Sandown in the early hours of Tuesday. Turnbull, of Westminster Lane, has been charged with 2 counts of criminal damage to...
Read moreDetailsLIFEBOATS LAUNCHED TO FRENCH FISHING TRAWLER ON FIRE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
A search and rescue operation involving an Isle of Wight lifeboat is underway in the English Channel this morning (Thursday) in response to reports of a fire on board a vessel. Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat has been launched alongside...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE HELICOPTER DEPLOYED TO SOUTH WIGHT TO ASSIST IN NIGHTTIME SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN
The National Police Air Service helicopter from Bournemouth has been deployed to the South Wight tonight (Wednesday) to assist in an ongoing search. 5 Police units were seen responding to the area of Niton, Whitwell and The Undercliff at around...
Read moreDetailsFACE MASKS NO LONGER REQUIRED AT ST MARY’S HOSPITAL AS PANDEMIC EASES
From tomorrow (Thursday), visitors and staff at St Mary’s Hospital are no longer required to wear face masks as the Government drops the COVID alert level from 3 to 2. These changes have been made in line with national guidance...
Read moreDetailsWHEEL RIPPED OFF MAZDA IN ST HELENS RAILINGS CRASH
Police have been called to a single vehicle collision in which the front wheel of a Mazda MX5 has been ripped clean off following a collision with metal railings. The crash has occurred on Embankment Road between St Helens and...
Read moreDetailsLUPO DRIVER ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN CRASH WITH LORRY
The driver of a VW Lupo has escaped any serious injury in a collision with a lorry on Briddlesford Road near Havenstreet this evening (Wednesday). Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently checking over the driver of...
Read moreDetailsSHANKLIN DRUG DEALER PUT BEHIND BARS FOR 5 YEARS AFTER BEING CAUGHT WITH £200,000 OF CLASS A
Shanklin drug dealer James Rose, who was caught transporting £200,000 worth of crack cocaine and heroin, has been jailed for 5 years today (Wednesday). Following an intelligence-based piece of work by the Isle of Wight High Harm team, police officers...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS MOBILISED TO OUT OF CONTROL BONFIRE AT SMALLBROOK
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is in attendance at Smallbrook Stadium on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Wednesday), where firefighters are dowsing a bonfire. 1 appliance was mobilised to ground to the rear of the...
Read moreDetailsMAN ACCUSED OF STABBING WOMAN IN BEMBRIDGE REMANDED IN CUSTODY
A 55-year-old man accused of stabbing a woman multiple times at an address in Bembridge has been remanded in custody. Police descended on a block of flats at Crossway in the sleepy village during the early hours of Saturday morning...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE AND PARAMEDICS CALLED TO MOTORCYCLE CRASH AT WHIPPINGHAM
Police and paramedics have been called to Alverstone Road at Whippingham this morning (Wednesday) where a motorcycle has been involved in a collision with a car. The incident has occurred at the junction with Mount Road on the back road...
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