First reported by Island Echo
27-YEAR-OLD TOBY LUCAS SOUGHT AFTER PEDESTRIANS INJURED IN NEWPORT CAR INCIDENT
Police are asking members of the public to keep an eye out for 27-year-old Toby Lucas from Newport, who is wanted in connection with an incident in Newport last week in which a car was driven at 2 pedestrians. As...
Read moreDetailsBINSTEAD MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO MURDER HIS WIFE AND KILLING FAMILY DOG
59-year-old Michael Lee Orton has been charged with attempted murder and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal following an incident in Binstead earlier this year, during which he is accused of stabbing his wife and killing the family dog. As...
Read moreDetails2 MEN ARRESTED OVER ATTEMPTED KNIFE-POINT ROBBERY IN SANDOWN RELEASED
A 29-year-old man from Brighstone and a 22-year-old man from Sandown have been released from Police custody after being arrested in connection with an attempted knife-point robbery in Sandown yesterday afternoon (Sunday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police responded...
Read moreDetailsBURST SEWER MAIN CAUSES FLOODING AT NEWPORT QUAY – MAJOR REPAIRS UNDERWAY
Southern Water says they will likely need to release sewage into the River Medina as a result of a burst sewer main at Newport Quay. It's said that a sewer has failed near to the Premier Inn at Seaclose Park...
Read moreDetailsPETITION LAUNCHED TO BRING BACK PRE-COVID TIMETABLE FOR WIGHTLINK’S FASTCAT
A petition has been launched to push cross-Solent operator Wightlink to reinstate its pre-COVID timetable on its Ryde-Portsmouth catamaran service, with over 1,500 people already putting their names to the cause since yesterday (Sunday). Many things have returned to normal...
Read moreDetailsSHOPKEEPER THREATENED WITH KNIFE IN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT SANDOWN DISCOUNT STORE
A man from Brighstone and a man from Sandown have been arrested following an attempted robbery that occurred at a discount store in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). Police were called at 13:41 to a report of a robbery at Sandown...
Read moreDetailsFEMALE SCOOTERIST BLUE LIGHTED TO HOSPITAL FOLLOWING CRASH IN SANDOWN
A young moped rider has been conveyed to hospital following a crash on a residential close in Sandown tonight (Friday). Emergency services were called to Jeals Lane when a woman came off her motorcycle shortly before 19:55. The Isle of...
Read moreDetailsNEWPORT’S BARTON AND PAN HIT BY DINNER TIME POWER CUT
Households in the Newport East area - including Barton and Pan - have been hit by a power cut this dinner time (Friday). Power was lost at just gone 18:00 with the unexpected loss of supply affecting 19 postcode areas....
Read moreDetailsMORE TRAVEL WOES AS HOVERTRAVEL SUSPENDS SERVICES DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUE
Cross-Solent travel operator Hovertravel has cancelled its services this afternoon (Friday) as a result of technical issues. This is the 3rd time in the last week that the Ryde-Southsea route has ground to a halt. Hovertravel has issued no further...
Read moreDetailsCRASH ON GODSHILL OUTSKIRTS SEES CARS COLLIDE INTO TREE AFTER MOUNTING EMBANKMENT
A crash has occurred on the outskirts of Godshill this afternoon (Friday). The incident on the main Godshill to Rookley road, near to the Isle of Wight Farm Shop, has seen a black Toyota Corolla collide with a tree. The...
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