First reported by Island Echo
SUSPECTED DRUG DRIVER NICKED AFTER ROLLING CAR IN YAVERLAND
A 34-year-old man is under investigation after rolling his BMW onto its roof in Yaverland last night (Wednesday). Police were called at 22:33 to a report of a single-vehicle road traffic collision on Yaverland Road, near the roundabout junction with...
Read moreDetailsBOMB DISPOSAL RUSH TO NEWPORT HOME AFTER CONCERNING FIND BY POLICE
Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have rushed to the centre of Newport this evening (Thursday) where Police are conducting a search of a residential address. Under the leadership of a Police Search Advisor, officers from the High Harms Team are...
Read moreDetails5 PEOPLE ARRESTED – AND 1 CHARGED – AFTER SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT IN ROOKLEY
5 people were arrested at the Co-Op in Rookley on Tuesday afternoon as Police responded to a report of shoplifting. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were alerted to the incident at the convenience store on Main Road at around...
Read moreDetailsRYDE FIREFIGHTERS MOBILISED TO SOUTHAMPTON AFTER MAJOR BLAZE BREAKS OUT
Firefighters from Ryde have been mobilised to Southampton as mainland crews battle a major blaze that has engulfed 3 industrial units next to St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. 1 of 2 Aerial Ladder Platforms based on the Island has been...
Read moreDetailsDEDICATED CORONERS’ COURT TO BE ESTABLISHED AT SEACLOSE AMID INQUEST BACKLOG
£86,000 is to be spent on refurbishing office space at Seaclose in Newport to establish a dedicated Coroners' Court for the Isle of Wight, in a bid to reduce one of the worst inquest backlogs in the country. The troubles...
Read moreDetails3-CAR SHUNT CAUSES TRAVEL DELAYS ON DUAL CARRIAGEWAY
A crash involving 3 vehicles on the southbound carriageway of Medina Way in Newport is causing traffic delays this morning (Wednesday). The incident, which occurred shortly before 08:40, has taken place on the approach to the Fairlee Link Road. Traffic...
Read moreDetailsWHITWELL MAN TRAMPLED ON BY COW – AIR AMBULANCE RESPONDS TO RURAL VILLAGE
The Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance was called to the village of Whitwell earlier today (Monday) after a man was trampled on by a farm animal. Having left their Henstridge Airfield base in Somerset shortly before 09:30, flying doctors landed...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED TO EMERGENCY ONBOARD RED FUNNEL FERRY IN EAST COWES
The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance has landed at Red Funnel’s East Cowes terminal this morning (Monday) in response to a medical emergency onboard the Red Osprey. The out-of-area helicopter and its specialist crew of doctors and advanced paramedics...
Read moreDetailsRESCUERS WORK IN THE DARK TO FREE PERSONS STUCK IN THE MUD NEAR THORNESS
A multi-agency search and rescue operation to free 2 people stuck in the mud is underway near Cowes on the north coast of the Isle of Wight this evening (Sunday). Coastguard Rescue Teams from The Needles and Ventnor, Hampshire &...
Read moreDetailsCEMETERY WALL DESTROYED IN CRASH INVOLVING SUSPECTED DRINK DRIVER
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after crashing into a cemetery wall in Cowes overnight, which then led to an altercation with his passenger. Police were called shortly after 02:20 this morning (Sunday) to reports...
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