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FOOD IN THE OVEN PROMPTS EARLY HOURS SHOUT FOR FIREFIGHTERS
3 fire crews rushed to a property in Carisbrooke during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday) over fears occupants were trapped in a house fire. 2 appliances from Newport and 1 from Cowes, alongside a duty officer, were mobilised...
Read moreDetailsTRAFFIC DELAYS AFTER CAR CRASHES INTO LAMP POST
Motorists heading in and out of Ryde are facing delays this afternoon (Monday) as a result of a single vehicle road traffic collision at Binstead. A Toyota Yaris has collided head-on into a lamp post causing not only significant damage...
Read moreDetailsWASHING MACHINE FIRE IN BINSTEAD
Firefighters have been called to a residential property in Binstead this morning (Monday). 2 fire appliances from Ryde have been mobilised to a detached bungalow on Hamilton Road, where a small washing machine fire has broken out. Crews wearing breathing...
Read moreDetails6 NEW RETAINED FIREFIGHTERS JOIN THE ISLE OF WIGHT FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
6 men from across the Island were handed their pagers and officially welcomed into the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service at the second passing out ceremony of the year this afternoon (Friday). The new recruits have spent the...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE IN ACTION FOLLOWING EMERGENCY AT LANDGUARD
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in Shanklin this morning (Sunday) following a call for assistance from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service. The yellow and green helicopter touched down in fields behind Landguard Holiday Park...
Read moreDetailsTRACTOR LEAKS HYDRAULIC FLUID IN CARISBROOKE HIGH STREET
Delays built up in Carisbrooke earlier this afternoon (Saturday) when a tractor leaked hydraulic fluid over the carriageway and broke down outside a busy pub. Queues were back to the Wellington Road roundabout after the agricultural vehicle developed a fault...
Read moreDetailsSWIFT ACTION PREVENTS LINESIDE FIRE SPREADING
Swift action by staff on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway prevented a lineside fire from spreading this morning (Saturday). A timetabled passenger train travelling from Smallbrook Junction to Havenstreet had to stop on the tracks just after the Ashey...
Read moreDetailsPERFORMANCE CAR A WRITE-OFF AFTER CRASH NEAR COWES
Police were called to a single-vehicle collision on the outskirts of Cowes overnight, in which a performance car was severely damaged. Officers were deployed to Rolls Hill on the fringes of Gurnard and Northwood at 22:48 after it was reported...
Read moreDetailsDRIVER AND PASSENGER FLEE FROM CRASH IN LAKE
Police on the Isle of Wight are searching for the driver of a VW Golf that has been involved in a collision on Merrie Gardens Roundabout in Lake tonight (Wednesday). The Island-registered vehicle has sustained front end damage in the...
Read moreDetailsTEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AT DISUSED CHALK PIT
Air ambulance doctors have been called to a disused chalk pit in Newport this evening (Tuesday) where a teenager has sustained a trauma injury. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are on scene at Shide Chalk Pit off...
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