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FIRE SERVICE CALLED TO MAN ON ROOF AT SCARROTS LANE
Firefighters from Newport and Ryde are attending an incident at Scarrots Lane in the heart of Newport this morning (Friday). 2 pumping appliances, a rescue tender and an aerial ladder platform have taken up position in the vicinity of Starbucks,...
Read moreDetailsUNWELL YACHTSWOMAN RUSHED ASHORE BY COWES LIFEBOAT
An unwell woman aboard a 28ft yacht with a broken engine led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat racing across the Solent this evening (Thursday). The yacht's crew reported to Solent Coastguard that the vessel was drifting north-east of Hillhead Buoy, close...
Read moreDetailsMOTORISTS TO BE REFUNDED AFTER PARKING APP BLUNDER
The Isle of Wight Council have this week admitted that some motorists using the PaybyPhone app have been charged for overnight parking, despite the new £1 fee having not yet come into force. It was announced earlier this year that...
Read moreDetailsISLE JUMP TO CLOSE ITS DOORS NEXT SUNDAY
The Isle of Wight’s indoor trampoline park, Isle Jump, will be closing it’s doors next weekend, it has been confirmed. Parents with parties booked at the Lake-based attraction during the month of July have been told that they can collect their...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS USE LADDER TO GAIN ENTRY TO WEST WIGHT PROPERTY
Firefighters from Freshwater were called to a property in the West Wight late last night (Wednesday). 1 appliance was mobilised at the request of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service over concerns for the welfare of an elderly woman. The...
Read moreDetailsTORNADO SPOTTED ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT 🌪️
Circled is the debris being throw up by the tornado. Photo: Jamie Russell/IW Met Service A tornado developed in the skies above the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Wednesday), local weather forecasters have confirmed. IW Met Service - the official weather...
Read moreDetailsFIRE CREWS CALLED TO STABILISE VEHICLE FOLLOWING PEDESTRIAN CRASH
Firefighters have been mobilised to reports of a road traffic collision involving a single vehicle in Colwell this evening (Wednesday). 1 appliance from Freshwater has been sent to the scene, alongside ambulance crews. UPDATE @ 18:00 - It has been...
Read moreDetailsDOMESTIC FIRE BREAKS OUT IN NEWPORT
The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are tackling a fire at a property in a residential area of Newport this evening (Wednesday). Appliances from Newport and East Cowes are on scene at Clarendon Place, off Clarendon Road, having...
Read moreDetailsWARNING ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN, HAIL AND THUNDER ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT
A yellow weather warning has been issued for the Isle of Wight today (Wednesday) with forecasters warning about the possibility for heavy rain, hail and thunder. Showers are likely to develop this afternoon and where they do there is the...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT HOTELIER JAILED FOR £350,000 VAT FRAUD
Isle of Wight hotelier Martin Hill, who lied about his takings to evade tax, has been jailed for 30 months. Hill, 51, pocketed £350,000 by lying about the number of bookings at The Burlington (Sandown) and Shanklin Beach (Shanklin) hotels,...
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