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CAR ON ROOF AT STAPLERS ROAD PROMPTS POLICE, FIRE AND AMBULANCE RESPONSE
A car has overturned and come to rest upside down on its roof on Staplers Road between Newport and Wootton this lunchtime (Thursday). The incident, which has involved a blue Ford Fiesta, has happened near to the Monkey Haven attraction...
Read moreDetailsNATWEST ANNOUNCES RYDE BRANCH TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE IN AUGUST
Natwest has announced the permanent closure of its Ryde branch, which will leave another empty building in the heart of the Town Centre come August. The move leaves Island customers with just 1 remaining Natwest branch following previous closures of...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED AS PERSON RESCUED FROM THE WATER AT VENTNOR SEAFRONT
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to Ventnor this lunchtime, alongside a number of other emergency services, where a person has been rescued from the sea. It is believed that a male was spotted in...
Read moreDetailsSUSPECTED ORDNANCE DISCOVERY SEES CORDON ERECTED IN CAR PARK OF SANDOWN SCHOOL
A cordon has been erected by Police around a car park at The Bay CE Secondary School in Sandown this lunchtime (Thursday) after the discovery of what is believed to be a piece of historical, unexploded ordnance. Officers were called...
Read moreDetailsRESCUE OPERATION TO FREE DOG WALKER STUCK IN THE MUD AT BEMBRIDGE
A rescue operation is underway to free a dog walker who has become stuck in the mud in Bembridge this lunchtime (Thursday). Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor have been mobilised to a remote stretch of beach between Whitecliff...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE CAR INVOLVED IN CRASH WITH TAXI IN NEWPORT TOWN CENTRE
A Police car has sustained significant damage in a side-on impact involving a taxi in Newport this evening (Thursday). The collision between the marked Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary Ford Focus Active and a VW Passat taxi happened at...
Read moreDetailsNO SERIOUS INJURIES AS CAR ROLLS ONTO ROOF ON YARMOUTH ROAD
The driver of a Vauxhall Zafira has escaped any serious injury after rolling the car onto its roof on the main Newport to Yarmouth road. The incident happened at just before 18:15 this evening (Thursday) on Yarmouth Road between Vittlefields...
Read moreDetailsCAR CAREERS INTO RAILINGS ON MAIN ROAD INTO SHANKLIN
A car has careered into railings on the main Sandown to Shanklin road this evening (Wednesday). The Suzuki SX4 was travelling towards Shanklin from Lake when it crashed into the railings just after Skew Bridge at shortly before 20:35. The...
Read moreDetailsFALL FROM LOFT IN RYDE SEES FIRE CREWS CALLED IN TO ASSIST PARAMEDICS
Firefighters have been working alongside colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service to safely remove an injured person from a property after they fell from a loft earlier this afternoon (Monday). Paramedics were called to Bettesworth Road in Haylands,...
Read moreDetailsFIRE CREWS TACKLE YET ANOTHER VAN FIRE IN EAST COWES
A single fire crew from East Cowes is tackling a van fire on Victoria Grove this morning (Sunday). The incident occurred at around 23:45 and has seen an Isle of Wight Distribution Van catch fire. The fire started underneath the...
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