First reported by Island Echo
POLICE AND PARAMEDICS RESPOND TO CRASH ON COUNTRY LANE NEAR BRIGHSTONE
Emergency services are responding to a 2-car collision on Strawberry Lane near Brighstone this morning (Wednesday). The incident, which occurred just before 07:30, has happened on the section of country lane between Lynch Lane and the B3399. The Isle of...
Read moreDetailsJAIL FOR JERSEY SEX OFFENDER WHO FLED TO ISLE OF WIGHT IN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE JUSTICE
A man from Jersey who was found working in a Newport convenience store before being arrested by local Police has been handed 5-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of 8 sexual offences on his home Island. As exclusively...
Read moreDetailsRESCUE TEAMS RUSH TO 3 KIDS REPORTED TO BE IN DIFFICULTY AT RYDE
Benign conditions on the Solent and convenient timing allowed Bembridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat to respond to reports of 3 people in difficulty off Ryde at great speed earlier this evening (Tuesday). At 18:52, Solent Coastguard tasked the volunteers of Bembridge...
Read moreDetailsFLAT AT CENTRE OF MURDER INVESTIGATION REMAINS A CRIME SCENE AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE
Investigations are continuing after the body of a woman in her 50s was discovered at a flat in Newport yesterday afternoon (Monday), prompting a murder investigation to be launched. At around 21:00 last night, a 51-year-old man was arrested on...
Read moreDetailsMAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER AFTER WOMAN’S BODY FOUND IN NEWPORT FLAT
A 51-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a woman in her 50s was found at a property in Newport this afternoon (Monday). As first reported by Island Echo, detectives from Newport CID were...
Read moreDetailsVAN BLAZE IN EAST COWES ALMOST TAKES HOLD OF HISTORIC COCKERELL’S SHED
Firefighters are tackling another van fire in East Cowes tonight (Monday) – prompting fears that the serial arsonist has returned to the town. A Ford transit has been severely damaged by a blaze that has broken out in a private...
Read moreDetailsLARGE POLICE PRESENCE AND CORDON ERECTED AT WOODBINE CLOSE IN NEWPORT
A Police cordon has been erected around a flat at Woodbine Close in Newport as detectives launch an investigation into an ‘unexplained’ incident. Multiple Police officers attended the address shortly before 14:30 this afternoon (Monday) with a number of detectives...
Read moreDetailsCOASTGUARD RESPOND TO PADDLEBOARDER IN TROUBLE OFF YAVERLAND
A paddleboarder who found herself in difficulty a couple of hundred metres off the shore at Yaverland has been rescued by a fishing boat this evening (Sunday). At just before 18:00, HM Coastguard was alerted to concerns for the welfare...
Read moreDetailsENGINE TROUBLES FOR LIFEBOAT DURING RESCUE OF INJURED SAILOR
An injured sailor was evacuated from a cargo vessel in the English Channel this afternoon (Sunday) in what turned out to be a challenging shout for the crew of Bembridge RNLI, when the lifeboat suffered a mechanical breakdown. Solent Coastguard requested...
Read moreDetailsFAIL TO STOP PURSUIT IN RYDE ENDS WITH ARREST – TODDLER FOUND IN CAR SEAT BY POLICE
A 23-year-old man has been arrested after he led Police on a pursuit in Ryde late this morning (Sunday), with officers finding a young child in a car seat when the vehicle finally came to a stop. The incident began...
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