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EX-TRAFFIC COP JOINS CALLS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF ROADS POLICING UNIT
Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely. "Our roads are not being policed" - they are the words of a former Isle of Wight traffic cop who has joined calls for a dedicated Roads Policing Unit to be reinstated locally. As...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE SHELVE INVESTIGATION INTO SEXUAL ABUSE AT FORMER BEMBRIDGE SCHOOL
Hampshire Constabulary has decided to file away its investigation into alleged sexual abuse at the former Bembridge School pending any further information coming to light. As exclusively revealed by Island Echo back in April 2021, local detectives have been making...
Read moreDetailsDRUNK WOMAN WHO WIPED OUT LAMPPOST GIVEN 12-MONTH DRIVING BAN
A Ventnor woman who crashed into a lamppost in Lake, ripping it clean out of the ground, has been banned from the roads for 12 months after pleading guilty to drink driving. 34-year-old Sitania Hanuska Rose Timms, of Albert Street,...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL HAVE NO CURRENT PLANS TO REMOVE BOOKING REQUIREMENT AT LOCAL TIPS
The Isle of Wight Council has not yet decided when, or if, it will remove the booking system at Lynnbottom and Afton Marsh tips - despite there being no legal reason to keep the system in place. Before COVID struck,...
Read moreDetailsBLACKMAIL INVESTIGATION WILL SEE WAKEFIELD MAN APPEAR AT CROWN COURT
31-year-old Kwaku Achampong is to appear before the Crown Court next month charged with blackmail following an investigation by detectives here on the Isle of Wight. Achampong, of Chantry Road in Wakefield, was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy...
Read moreDetailsWEST YORKSHIRE MAN ARRESTED AS PART OF BEMBRIDGE BLACKMAIL INVESTIGATION
A West Yorkshire man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to blackmail as part of a Police investigation launched in Bembridge earlier this week. It was on Monday (8th November) that Police received an allegation of blackmail, prompting a...
Read moreDetailsROYAL FAIL: ISLANDERS FORCED TO COLLECT POST AS ROYAL MAIL UNABLE TO DELIVER
Residents in the Ryde, Binstead and Wootton areas have been forced to start collecting their own post from the sorting office as Royal Mail has failed to deliver, with some locals waiting over 2 weeks for their mail. Earlier this...
Read moreDetailsRYDE RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE POSTAL DELAYS DUE TO COVID ISOLATION AND SICKNESS
COVID isolation and other sickness is causing disruption to Royal Mail's service in Ryde, with local residents waiting days or weeks for their post to be delivered. A number of Island Echo readers have been in touch to express their...
Read moreDetailsSEWER REPAIR WORKS AT APPLEY WON’T BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF OCTOBER DESPITE PROMISES
The concrete chamber created to access the sewer pipe A major scheme to repair a collapsed sewer pipe at Appley in Ryde will not be completed by the end of the month, despite Southern Water previously stating that the October...
Read moreDetailsMACHETE FEARS LEAD TO ARMED POLICE DEPLOYMENT IN RYDE
Armed Police from both sides of the Solent have arrested a teenager as part of an investigation into allegations of a male in possession of a machete and making threats to kill. The incident began sometime before 14:45 this afternoon...
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