First reported by Island Echo
POLICE AND PARAMEDICS CALLED TO CAR ON ROOF NEAR WHITWELL
Police and paramedics are responding to a crash in which a vehicle has come to rest on its roof between Whitwell and Ventnor this morning (Saturday). The incident, which happened shortly before 11:15, has taken place on Whitwell Road -...
Read moreDetailsCAR ROLLS INTO FIELD ON MIDDLE ROAD AT TAPNELL
A car has left the carriageway and rolled through a hedge into a field off Middle Road near Tapnell this morning (Saturday). Emergency services are currently en-route to the incident, which occurred just before 10:45. The single vehicle crash has...
Read moreDetailsFIRE CREWS MOBILISED TO OVEN FIRE AT FLAT IN RYDE
Appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have been mobilised to reports of a fire within a flat in Ryde this evening (Friday). Fire crews from Ryde, Newport and Sandown are in attendance at an address...
Read moreDetailsMINI AND SCOOTER CRASH CLOSES MAIN ROAD FROM NITON TO WHITWELL
Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are tending to a motorcyclist who has been injured in a collision with a car in Niton this morning (Friday). The incident, which has seen a Mini One collide with a scooter,...
Read moreDetails2 CARS LEAVE THE ROAD IN ICY CONDITIONS ON BRADING DOWNS
2 cars have left the road - 1 coming to rest on its side - on Brading Downs Road this morning (Friday). Icy conditions overnight are thought to be behind the incident, which has occurred at the highest point of...
Read moreDetailsEARLY MORNING RED JET SAILINGS CANCELLED DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUE
A number of early morning commuter sailings on Red Funnel’s hi-speed Red Jet service have been cancelled due to a technical issue. The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that the 05:30 and 06:40 crossings from Southampton have been cancelled alongside the...
Read moreDetails-5.8C RECORDED OVERNIGHT WITH ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IN STORE FOR THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Temperatures plummeted to -5.8c on the Isle of Wight last night according to local weather experts IW Met Service, who warn that it could be even colder tonight (Thursday into Friday). The incredibly low reading was recorded near Bembridge Airport,...
Read moreDetailsMAN CHARGED AFTER TRYING TO STEAL ELDERLY LADY’S HANDBAG IN HOSPITAL CAR PARK
46-year-old Nerijus Suminskas has been charged with attempted robbery after allegedly trying to steal a handbag from a woman in the car park of St Mary's Hospital yesterday morning (Wednesday). Police were called at 08:06 after a man had allegedly...
Read moreDetailsTRAVEL CHAOS TO CONTINUE INTO 2023 AS QUEENS ROAD WORKS FAR FROM COMPLETE
Disruptive works to repair a sewer pipe on Queens Road in Ryde will continue into 2023, with a full road closure expected in the New Year for a period of 3 months, Island Echo can reveal. It was back in...
Read moreDetailsSCARLET FEVER RIFE – ISLE OF WIGHT HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES IN THE COUNTRY
New data has revealed that the Isle of Wight has the highest number of cases of scarlet fever in the country. In the week to 4th December, there were a total of 1,131 cases of scarlet fever in England and...
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