First reported by Island Echo
MAN ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS TO KILL AFTER WOMAN THREATENED IN RYDE
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill after a woman was threatened in Ryde this morning (Monday). Multiple Police vehicles were seen rushing to the seaside town shortly after 08:00 when Hampshire & Isle...
Read moreDetailsBOMB DISPOSAL CALLED TO SEAGROVE AMID UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE FEARS
Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts are in attendance at Seagrove Bay in Seaview tonight (Sunday) amid fears a piece of historic ordnance has been discovered. A member of the public alerted Island Echo to the potentially explosive find at around...
Read moreDetailsBUS AND CAR COLLISION CLOSES SANDOWN’S FITZROY STREET
A crash between a double decker bus and a car has seen Police close Fitzroy Street in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). A white Ford B-Max appears to have failed to give way at the junction of Leed Street and Fitzroy...
Read moreDetailsINFORMATION SOUGHT ON AUDI WHICH SMASHED INTO FAMILY’S PICK-UP NEAR MERSTONE
A local family are appealing for the community's help in identifying a vehicle which smashed into their truck in Merstone yesterday - and then simply drove off. At just before 18:30, Claire, her partner and 2 children - aged 7...
Read moreDetailsCAR UPSIDE DOWN ON DRIVEWAY AFTER SMASHING INTO HOUSE IN YARMOUTH
A car has smashed into a house and come to rest upside down on its roof on a driveway in Yarmouth this morning (Saturday). The incident on the A3054 Bouldnor Road - near the junction with Thorley Road - occurred...
Read moreDetails26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN CHARGED OVER TRESPASSING INCIDENT ON ISLAND LINE
26-year-old Jade Sandells from Ryde has been charged with trespassing on the railway and causing a public nuisance following an incident on Island Line yesterday afternoon (Thursday). Train services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin were suspended at around 16:15...
Read moreDetailsRUSH HOUR DELAYS AS CAR OVERTURNS ON SMALLBROOK LANE
Motorists are facing rush hour delays as a result of a car overturning on Smallbrook Lane on the outskirts of Ryde this afternoon (Friday). The incident has involved a green hatchback, which has come to rest on its side between...
Read moreDetailsMAN IN HIS 20s DIES AFTER BEING FOUND IN ALVERSTONE RIVER
Police have confirmed the death of a 25-year-old man who was found in a river in Alverstone yesterday afternoon (Thursday). Members of the public spotted the male in the water alongside the Alverstone to Newchurch cycle path - the Red...
Read moreDetails16-YEAR-OLD BAILED OVER BOTTLE ASSAULT ON BUS DRIVER IN NEWPORT
A 16-year-old boy from Ventnor has been arrested, questioned and bailed after a bus driver was assaulted on Monday. Police were called to Newport Bus Station on Orchard Street at just gone 22:00 on 29th January. A man in his...
Read moreDetailsCELL FIRE AT PARKHURST PRISON CONTAINED AND EXTINGUISHED
A fire within a cell at HMP Isle of Wight prompted a large response from firefighters and Police earlier this evening (Wednesday). It’s understood at least 4 pumping appliances, an aerial ladder platform and the Incident Support Vehicle were mobilised...
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