First reported by Island Echo
MALE NICKED BY POLICE AFTER SEARCH FOLLOWING ASSAULT ON WOMAN IN VENTNOR
A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of intentional strangulation as part of investigations into the assault of a woman in Ventnor this morning (Tuesday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary was called at 08:26 to reports that a...
Read moreDetailsMOBILE HOME DESTROYED IN BLAZE ON FARM IN ALVERSTONE
Fire crews are tackling a blaze that has destroyed a mobile home on a farm in Alverstone this afternoon (Tuesday). 3 pumping appliances and a water carrier from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are currently on...
Read moreDetails‘AUDI’ MANAGE THAT? CAR ROLLS ONTO ROOF NEAR NEWCHURCH
A car on its roof has led to the closure of the main road between Winford and Newchurch this afternoon (Tuesday). A blue Audi A4 has come to rest upside down on Winford Road, between the junctions of Watery Lane...
Read moreDetailsEWE GOT TO BE KIDDING! SHEEP NIBBLE GARDEN PLANTS AFTER CAUSING TRAFFIC BAA-CK UP
A flock of sheep that have been playing with the traffic in Ryde this morning (Tuesday) have now taken up residency in an Appley garden. More than a dozen sheep and lambs are thought to have escaped from a field...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS TACKLE FIRE AT SMOKE-FILLED LAUNDRETTE IN RYDE
Firefighters are tackling a fire that has broken out at a laundrette in Ryde this evening (Monday). 3 fire appliances - 2 from Ryde and 1 from Newport - are on scene at Laundrama on Marlborough Road, a well-known and...
Read moreDetailsMAN SLASHED ACROSS FACE WITH A KNIFE DURING PUB ALTERCATION IN BRIGHSTONE
A man had his face slashed with a knife during an incident in Brighstone yesterday evening (Sunday), which has resulted in 2 men being arrested. Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service raced out of Newport to the rural...
Read moreDetailsSUSPECTED DRUG DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER LATE NIGHT STOP NEAR WOOTTON
A 39-year-old Sandown man has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after being stopped by Police near Wootton last night (Saturday). 6 units descended on Lushington Hill at just gone 22:30 when officers pulled over a silver BMW near...
Read moreDetailsANOTHER WOMAN RESCUED AFTER BECOMING STUCK IN THE MUD AT WHITECLIFF
Just hours after a woman and her dog were rescued from a sticky situation, search and rescue teams have been called back to the same location at Whitecliff Bay in Bembridge, where a another woman and her dog have now...
Read moreDetailsWOMAN UP TO HER WAIST IN MUD RESCUED FROM BEMBRIDGE CLIFF
A woman stuck up to her waist in mud - and her dog - have been rescued thanks to a multi-agency operation in Bembridge this morning (Sunday). It was shortly before 10:15 that HM Coastguard and Hampshire & Isle of...
Read moreDetailsYACHT ‘BLADDER WRAPPED’ DURING NAB TOWER RACE LEADS TO BEMBRIDGE LIFEBOAT LAUNCH
A yacht with its spinnaker wrapped around the mast led to the launch of Bembridge RNLI’s All Weather Lifeboat at lunchtime today (Saturday). Solent Coastguard requested the launch of the Tamar-class lifeboat at 11:56 to assist a 32ft racing yacht...
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