First reported by Island Echo
WARNING ISSUED AS DENSE FOG EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING
A yellow weather warning for fog has been issued for the Isle of Wight with dense fog patches expected overnight and into tomorrow morning (Tuesday). Local forecasters IW Met Service say that patchy mist and fog will develop as the...
Read moreDetailsPOISON FEARS AT PARKHURST AGAIN AS DOG DIES AND ANOTHER TAKEN UNWELL
Concerns that a serial poisoner has returned to Parkhurst Forest near Newport have been raised after a dog died and another suffered a seizure. Yesterday (Sunday) a dog had to be rushed to the vets after consuming something poisonous during...
Read moreDetailsMAN DIES AFTER GOING OVERBOARD FROM FISHING VESSEL OFF BEMBRIDGE
A man who was found unconscious in the water off Bembridge this afternoon (Monday) has died, Police have confirmed. It was at around 13:30 that a dog walker raised concerns with HM Coastguard about a 12ft boat that was spotted drifting...
Read moreDetailsAIR AND SEA SEARCH LAUNCHED OVER FEARS FOR MISSING SAILOR OFF BEMBRIDGE
HM Coastguard has launched a search and rescue operation to find a sailor who is thought to have gone overboard from their boat off Bembridge. A vessel has come ashore at Whitecliff Bay without any persons on board, sparking fears...
Read moreDetailsVAN BLAZE AT PONDWELL FORCES ROAD CLOSURE
Firefighters are tackling a vehicle fire at Pondwell on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Monday). 1 appliance from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is on scene at Nettlestone Hill where a fire has engulfed the...
Read moreDetailsLANDOWNER AND FIRE SERVICE UNSURE AS TO HOW RURAL WOOTTON BARN CAUGHT FIRE
Firefighters extinguished a barn ablaze on a rural road in Wootton yesterday morning (Saturday), but both firefighters and the landowner are unsure as to how exactly the fire started. The incident occurred at Blackberry Farm on Upper Woodside Road shortly...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE CORDON OFF RYDE’S UNION STREET AFTER EARLY HOURS MELEE
Police have cordoned off a section of Union Street in Ryde this morning (Saturday) following a serious assault involving multiple people during the early hours. Officers responded to the busy centre of nightlife sometime before 01:45 after receiving reports of...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SWOOPS LOW OVER RYDE IN RESPONSE TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY
The flying doctors of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have landed in Ryde tonight (Friday) in response to a medical emergency in the town. At just before 21:45, the air ambulance was scrambled from its base at Thruxton...
Read moreDetailsDUO WANTED OVER £1,000 ALCOHOL THEFTS FROM SAINSBURY’S IN NEWPORT
Police on the Isle of Wight have released photos of 2 people they want to speak to in connection with a series of thefts which occurred in Newport last month. On 3 occasions between 26th January and 30th January this...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE CAR INVOLVED IN CRASH WITH TAXI IN NEWPORT TOWN CENTRE
A Police car has sustained significant damage in a side-on impact involving a taxi in Newport this evening (Thursday). The collision between the marked Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary Ford Focus Active and a VW Passat taxi happened at...
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