First reported by Island Echo
POLICE CALLED TO FISHBOURNE AFTER UNEXPECTED DEATH OF MAN IN HIS 30S
A file is being prepared for the coroner following the sudden death of a man in his 30s in Fishbourne last night (Wednesday). Police and paramedics were called to the Quarr Lane area, just off Fishbourne Lane, shortly after 20:00....
Read moreDetailsSUSPECTED SHOPLIFTER WHO RAN FROM POLICE ARRESTED IN CARISBROOKE
A man who ran from Police has been arrested, questioned and bailed after officers seized suspected stolen goods and pliers yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Shortly before 15:00, officers engaged with a man in Newport who subsequently ran away. Officers followed and...
Read moreDetails2 TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION FOLLOWING UNATTENDED COOKING FIRE IN VENTNOR
Firefighters from Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor and Newport were mobilised to reports of a kitchen blaze at a hotel in Ventnor overnight. The fire in an outbuilding to the rear of The Royal Hotel, which was caused by a cooker...
Read moreDetails31-YEAR-OLD CHARGED OVER EARLY HOURS ASSAULT ON WOMAN IN SHANKLIN
31-year-old Edward Lale has been remanded in custody and will spend Christmas in prison after being charged with several offences relating to an assault in Shanklin on Tuesday. It was during the early hours of 19th December, at around 01:00,...
Read moreDetailsRUSH HOUR TAILBACKS OWING TO MINOR CRASH AT RACECOURSE
A minor road traffic incident at Racecourse Roundabout in Whippingham is causing significant tailbacks for traffic heading out of Newport this afternoon (Wednesday). Police and paramedics are in attendance on Racecourse, which has been brought down to a single lane,...
Read moreDetailsBRADING MAN DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER EXPLOSION DESTROYS HOME
A 60-year-old man has sadly died in hospital after an explosion and fire ripped through his Brading home at the start of the month. It was at around 02:40 in the morning on 1st December that residents on New Road...
Read moreDetailsMISSING SLOUGH MAN MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE SHANKLIN AREA SAY POLICE
An appeal for information relating to a missing 56-year-old man from Slough has shifted to the Isle of Wight, with information suggesting he may have been in the Shanklin area last month. Chetan Patel has been missing since late October,...
Read moreDetailsARREST AFTER WOMAN HOSPITALISED FOLLOWING EARLY HOURS ASSAULT IN SHANKLIN
A 31-year-old man remains in Police custody on suspicion of assault and criminal damage following an incident in Shanklin during the early hours of this morning (Tuesday), which led to a woman being hospitalised. Police received a report at around...
Read moreDetailsCOASTGUARD CALLED OUT AFTER BOATS UNTIED FROM MARINA IN RYDE
Investigations are underway into an incident of anti-social behaviour in Ryde in which a number of boats were untied from their moorings at Ryde Marina. Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team was mobilised to Ryde Sands yesterday morning (Sunday) to reports of...
Read moreDetailsMOTORCYCLIST INJURED IN INCIDENT ON WOOTTON HIGH STREET
Police and paramedics are in attendance at Wootton High Street where a motorcyclist has been involved in a road traffic incident this evening (Saturday), which has resulted in the main road between Newport and Ryde being closed in both directions....
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