First reported by Island Echo
3 MEN WANTED BY POLICE AFTER TEEN ATTACKED WITH KNIFE IN SANDOWN
Police have released CCTV images of 3 men they want to speak to in relation to a knife attack on a teenager in Sandown last week. Shortly before 12:26 last Wednesday afternoon (15th March), a male in his late teens...
Read moreDetails4 ARRESTED AFTER FRESHWATER STABBING RELEASED ON BAIL UNTIL JUNE
The 4 people arrested on suspicion of causing wounding with intent after a stabbing in Freshwater on Saturday morning have been bailed until June. As previously reported by Island Echo at around 06:00 on Saturday morning police and ambulance crews...
Read moreDetailsCAR OVERTURNS AT SWANMORE AFTER SMASHING INTO PARKED VEHICLE
Police, fire and ambulance crews have been called to Ashey Road in Ryde this lunchtime (Saturday) where a car has overturned after crashing into the rear of a parked vehicle. The driver of the Hyundai i10 is currently trapped inside...
Read moreDetailsCORDON ERECTED AND PERSON RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER EARLY MORNING ALTERCATION IN FRESHWATER
A Police cordon has been erected and someone has been rushed to hospital following an altercation that occurred on a residential street in Freshwater this morning (Saturday). It is believed that the incident - which occurred on High Street -...
Read moreDetailsWOMAN IN HER 50s DIES AFTER BEING FOUND FLOATING IN THE SEA OFF RYDE
A woman in her 50s has sadly died after being pulled from the water in Ryde on Wednesday evening. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services responded to reports of a person in the water shortly before 18:30. Ryde...
Read moreDetailsRESCUE OF INJURED MALE FROM ROOFTOP AFTER LADDER FALL IN SANDOWN
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are working to rescue a person from a rooftop in Sandown this evening (Thursday). The casualty is located on a flat roof to the...
Read moreDetailsSEARCH FOR MISSING MAN LAUNCHED IN NEWPORT
The search for a man who has gone missing from the Staplers area of Newport is underway tonight (Wednesday). Police and volunteers from WightSAR - the Island’s volunteer search and rescue team - are battling the wet, dark conditions in...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED AS PERSON PULLED FROM THE SEA OFF RYDE
A person spotted floating in the sea off Ryde has been hauled aboard a lifeboat and rushed ashore this evening (Wednesday). HM Coastguard, Police and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are currently on scene at Ryde Rescue’s base at...
Read moreDetailsDOLPHIN FOUND DECEASED ON THE BEACH AT ST HELENS
The discovery of a dead dolphin on the beach at St Helens led to a call out for HM Coastguard on Tuesday afternoon. It had been reported by a member of the public that the dolphin had washed ashore on...
Read moreDetailsTECHNICAL ISSUE HITS HOVERTRAVEL SERVICES AS RUSH HOUR APPROACHES
Hovertravel has been forced to cancel its cross-Solent service this afternoon (Tuesday) due to another technical issue - the 2nd in just 4 days. Customers are being advised that no hovers are currently operating between Ryde and Southsea, with an...
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