First reported by Island Echo
POLICE CALLED AS CYCLIST HIT BY CAR IN NEWPORT
Police are in attendance at a road traffic collision between a car and a cyclist in Newport this morning (Sunday). The incident has occurred on Halberry Lane at the junction with Fairlee Road. A Dacia Sandero has turned right into...
Read moreDetailsARRESTS MADE AFTER YOUTH ARMED WITH KNIFE ATTACKS MAN IN EAST COWES
The National Police Air Service helicopter was drafted in to help locate a youth reportedly armed with a knife following an assault in East Cowes during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). At around 02:00, Police were alerted to...
Read moreDetails4 MEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF FRAUD AS VAN STOPPED IN SANDOWN
4 men have been arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation following suspicious behaviour in the Sandown area this week. Police were called at 11:25 this morning (Friday) to a report of men in a van knocking on doors...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE MEDICS RESPOND TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN WOOTTON
Flying medics from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are assisting colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with an ongoing medical emergency in Wootton this afternoon (Friday). 2 ambulances and an operational commander are on scene at...
Read moreDetailsTRAINS CANCELLED AS STAFF SHORTAGES CAUSE PROBLEMS ONCE AGAIN
A number of vital morning services on Island Line have been cancelled this morning (Friday) due to a member of traincrew being unavailable. A lack of staff on the Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin network has been causing problems for...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED TO SERIOUS LATE-NIGHT CRASH AT APSE HEATH
Emergency services, including an air ambulance, have been called to a serious road traffic collision between Apse Heath and Lake tonight (Thursday). Police and ambulance crews are on scene at Newport Road having been alerted to the incident - which...
Read moreDetailsHOVERTRAVEL SERVICES SUSPENDED AS TECHNICAL ISSUE HITS
Hovertravel has suspended its Ryde-Southsea service this morning (Thursday) as both of its Flyer craft are not operational. A technical issue with Island Flyer has resulted in the cancellation of vital morning commuter services for both workers and school children....
Read moreDetailsSTAFF SHORTAGES LEAD TO FERRY CANCELLATIONS FOR RED FUNNEL
Red Funnel has cancelled at least 4 sailings on its East Cowes-Southampton vehicle ferry service this morning (Thursday) due to a lack of staff. It has been confirmed that the 05:00 and 08:00 sailings from Southampton have been cancelled, alongside...
Read moreDetailsOCEAN HOTEL’S STEPHEN PURVIS FAILS TO APPEAR IN COURT OVER COMMUNITY PROTECTION NOTICE
Stephen Purvis, the man behind Sandown's Ocean Hotel, failed to appear before Magistrates on the Isle of Wight this morning (Tuesday) to face a charge of failure to comply with a community protection notice. 41-year-old Purvis, of Windlestone Park in...
Read moreDetailsCAR CRASHES THROUGH HEDGE AND ONTO ROOF AT ROLL HILLS NEAR THORNESS
Emergency services are in attendance on the outskirts of Cowes this evening (Monday) where a crash involving a car that has come to rest on its roof has closed the main road to Porchfield. Police, fire and ambulance crews are...
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