First reported by Island Echo
SHOP WORKER’S NOSE BROKEN IN EAST COWES ROBBERY – TEENAGER ARRESTED AND IN CUSTODY
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of robbery after an incident in East Cowes on Wednesday, in which a shopworker was assaulted and left with a broken nose. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is appealing for witnesses...
Read moreDetailsSANDOWN’S CO-OP CORDONED OFF AFTER SERIOUS LATE NIGHT BREAK-IN
The Co-Op on the High Street in Sandown has been cordoned off by Police following a serious break-in overnight. Officers are maintaining a scene guard around the entrance to the store this morning (Friday) having been initially deployed at around...
Read moreDetailsBODY OF MAN IN HIS 50S DISCOVERED IN RYDE HOME
Police were called to a residential address in Ryde earlier this week (Tuesday) where the body of a man in his 50s was discovered. Officers were called at 10:25 on 13th February with concerns raised for the welfare of a...
Read moreDetailsCYCLIST RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER VAN COLLISION IN RYDE
A cyclist is being rushed to hospital under blue lights and sirens after being hit by a vehicle in Ryde this evening (Wednesday). Emergency services were alerted to the collision on West Street at just before 18:30, with the Isle...
Read moreDetails‘OPERATING LIMITATIONS’ MEANS REVISED RED JET TIMETABLE TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
Yet another revised timetable introduced on Red Funnel's Red Jet service yesterday (Tuesday) is to now continue into Thursday, it has been announced. Red Jet 6 was once again pulled from service on Tuesday due to an interceptor seal failure....
Read moreDetailsCRASH DETECTION SYSTEM RAISES ALARM AS BMW FLIPS ONTO ROOF
An automated crash detection system alerted Police to an overturned car on a country lane on the outskirts of Ryde this evening (Tuesday). At just before 19:00, BMW alerted the Force Control Room at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary...
Read moreDetailsRAPE INVESTIGATION IN RYDE AFTER WOMAN SERIOUSLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ON SATURDAY NIGHT
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman was sexually assaulted in Ryde last night (Saturday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary received a report at around 23:20 that a woman had been seriously sexually...
Read moreDetailsFEARS OF IMMINENT LANDSLIDE SEE CORDONS ERECTED IN SHANKLIN
Fears of an imminent landslide in Shanklin have led to Police cordoning off an area of the beach this lunchtime (Saturday). It was earlier today, at around 11:00, that local authorities were alerted to a large crack forming at the...
Read moreDetailsLUCKY ESCAPE IN COWES AS CAR COLLIDES WITH TERRACED HOUSE
No injuries have been reported after a car collided with a house in Cowes earlier this evening (Friday). Police were called to St Mary’s Road in the town at around 17:00 when a maroon coloured Ford Focus crashed into a...
Read moreDetailsMORTON COMMON CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AS FLOOD WATER TAKES HOLD AGAIN
Flooding has forced Island Roads to close Sandown's Morton Common in both directions this lunchtime (Friday). The Environment Agency warned last night that flooding on the main Ryde to Sandown road was likely following 50mm of rainfall in a 48-hour...
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