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1 person has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class B drugs following a raid on a family home on Bluebell Meadows, Newport this morning (Monday). Mulitple officers, some clad in riot gear, descended on...
Read moreDetailsPolice and paramedics were called to Cowes earlier this afternoon (Sunday) when a car crashed into a parked vehicle on Baring Road, resulting in debris being spread across the carriageway. The incident, which saw a Honda Civic crash into a...
Read moreDetailsThe sound of screaming coming from the sea has prompted the mobilisation of 2 Coastguard teams and Bembridge RNLI lifeboat tonight (Saturday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team and Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to Appley Beach shortly before midnight following...
Read moreDetailsThe Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, Thames Valley Air Ambulance, HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are attending an incident at Yaverland this afternoon (Saturday). A teenager has become injured following a fall on the...
Read moreDetailsThe Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in Seaview this morning (Saturday) to assist a casualty who has fallen on the beach. Flying doctors have joined Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service at the scene...
Read moreDetailsVentnor Coastguard Rescue Team and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat were tasked to reports of a 40ft catamaran drifting in Sandown Bay yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). A 999 call was made just before 14:40 reporting that the large vessel was drifting...
Read moreDetailsHM Coastguard and Ryde Inshore Rescue are involved in an ongoing search of the Wootton Creek area tonight (Tuesday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team are conducting a sweep along the banks of the creek, whilst Ryde Rescue 1 lifeboat carries out...
Read moreDetailsA man, equipped with nothing more than a battery-powered tea light, ‘thought it was the end’ when he got wedged inside a 15-inch stormwater pipe in Shanklin and had to be rescued by emergency crews. The unnamed individual spent more...
Read moreDetailsA black Citroen Xsara Picasso has crashed into a parked car in Ryde this afternoon (Monday), promoting an emergency service response. 2 ambulances and paramedic officer from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently on scene at John Street....
Read moreDetailsEmergency services are attending a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Newport this lunchtime (Monday). 2 fire appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are on scene, alongside 2 ambulances from the Isle of Wight Ambulance...
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