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LAND ROVER CRASHES INTO PARKED CARS AND OVERTURNS IN EAST COWES
Emergency services are responding to a vehicle rollover in East Cowes this afternoon (Monday). A Land Rover Freelander has crashed into a number of parked cars and rolled onto its side on York Avenue, trapping the occupant. Witnesses say the...
Read moreDetailsGARDEN SHED BLAZE SPREADS IN BEMBRIDGE
Firefighters from Ryde are tackling a shed fire in a residential area of Bembridge this lunchtime (Monday). 2 appliances are on scene at Downs View Road where a blaze has destroyed at least 1 garden shed and has spread to...
Read moreDetailsMAN DEAD AND WOMAN IN A LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION AFTER COTTAGE INCIDENT
Police on the Isle of Wight have launched an investigation following the discovery of 1 person deceased and another in a life-threatening condition at a cottage on the outskirts of Chillerton. Emergency services were called to an address on Berry...
Read moreDetailsPOWER CUT HITS BINSTEAD AND HAYLANDS IN RYDE
Over 126 postcode areas on the outskirts of Ryde have been hit by a power cut this morning (Monday). Homes and businesses in the Binstead and Haylands areas lost supply at just gone 11:20. Other areas of the Island experienced 3...
Read moreDetailsITALIAN CAPTAIN TRANSFERRED FROM TANKER BY BEMBRIDGE LIFEBOAT
Photo: James Pink/RNLI Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat was launched at the request of the Coastguard earlier this morning (Monday) to medivac the Captain of a tanker who was suffering from internal pains. The call for assistance came from the 'Cielo di Guangzhou' -...
Read moreDetailsWEATHER WARNING FOR THE ISLE OF WIGHT AS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS EXPECTED
IW Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain across the Isle of Wight tomorrow evening (Monday) and overnight into Tuesday. Forecasters say a spell of heavy and potentially thundery rain will move up from the south...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS TACKLE HOUSE FIRE IN RYDE
The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised to a property fire in Ryde this morning (Sunday). Crews were called at around 11:45 to smoke coming from a residential property on Park Road, between Riboleau Street and Player...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE LANDS AT EAST COWES FERRY TERMINAL
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed at Red Funnel’s ferry terminal in East Cowes this morning (Sunday). Life-saving doctors on board the yellow and green helicopter have touched down beside the River Medina at the request...
Read moreDetails45-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ASSAULTING WOMAN IN SHANKLIN
Police have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm (ABH) following an incident in Shanklin this morning (Saturday). A notable number of officers descended on Landguard Road sometime after 09:00 when the control room received reports...
Read moreDetailsMOTORCYCLIST IN MILITARY ROAD CRASH
A motorcyclist has been injured following a road traffic collision on Military Road near Brook this afternoon (Saturday). Police have confirmed they were called at 12:18 to a single vehicle collision involving a motorbike. Details of the rider's injuries are...
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