First reported by Island Echo
ARREST MADE AFTER SUDDEN DEATH OF 57-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN VENTNOR
A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a vulnerable adult after a woman in her 50s died following an incident at a property in Upper Ventnor yesterday (Monday). As previously reported...
Read moreDetailsSUSPECTED ORDNANCE FOUND AT TOTLAND BAY REMOVED BY BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERTS
The discovery of a piece of suspected ordnance led to Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts being sent to the Isle of Wight yesterday (Monday). It was at 23:45 on Sunday evening that Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary alerted HM...
Read moreDetailsFORENSIC TEAMS DESCEND ON VENTNOR HOME AMID SIGNIFICANT INVESTIGATION
Specialist scenes of crime investigators have descended on a home in Ventnor as part of an ongoing investigation following an incident that saw paramedics called to the property earlier today (Monday). It was around 10:00 this morning that the Isle...
Read moreDetailsVW GOLF CRASHES THROUGH FENCE AND CAREERS DOWN THE SIDE OF BRADING DOWNS
Police, fire and ambulance crews are in attendance at a road traffic collision that has taken place in a field off Brading Downs this afternoon (Monday). The incident occurred just before 15:45 and has seen a Red VW Golf crash...
Read moreDetailsADVERSE WEATHER LEADS TO CROSS-SOLENT DISRUPTION THIS MONDAY
Adverse weather conditions are already causing travel disruption this morning (Monday) with the cancellation of a number of Red Jet sailings, with further cross-Solent delays and cancellations expected throughout the day. Red Funnel has confirmed that the 06:05, 07:15 and...
Read moreDetailsSINKHOLE IN NEWPORT TOWN REVEALS 12FT WIDE VOID
A 12ft wide void discovered under the road on Quay Street in Newport has prompted an emergency call out for Island Roads this evening (Sunday). Concerned members of the public alerted the highways contractor to a sinkhole developing when they...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE SEIZE CORSA AFTER DRIVER FAILS TO STOP IN SANDOWN
A car that was sighted being driven by a driver without a valid licence has been seized by Police after it was found abandoned in a garage block in Sandown. Officers on patrol spotted the blue Vauxhall Corsa being driven...
Read moreDetailsFIRE CREWS TACKLE FIRE AT CONVERTED BARN IN SEAVIEW
Fire crews from across the Island are tackling a property fire in a converted barn in Seaview this afternoon (Friday). 5 pumping appliances from Newport, Ryde, Sandown and Cowes are in attendance at the scene on Oakhill Road, as well...
Read moreDetailsCOUPLE CUT OFF BY THE TIDE IN BEMBRIDGE RESCUED BY HELICOPTER
An operation is underway to rescue a couple who have become stranded after being cut off by the tide between Whitecliff Bay and Forelands in Bembridge this afternoon (Friday). The couple become cut off by the tide shortly before 12:45...
Read moreDetailsARMED POLICE DEPLOYED AFTER PERSON SEEN CARRYING ‘FIREARM’ ON BUSY MAIN ROAD
Armed Police from both sides of the Solent were deployed to the main road into Cowes this morning (Friday) when a 999 call was made reporting that a person had been seen with a firearm. At just gone 08:00, Hampshire...
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