First reported by Island Echo
POLICE CALLED TO FIGHT IN THE STREET AFTER CAR ALLEGEDLY TAKEN WITHOUT CONSENT
Police descended on Hunnyhill in Newport yesterday afternoon (Monday) when a fight broke out in the street in a row over a vehicle. Officers were called at just before 15:40 to reports of a disturbance as a result of an...
Read moreDetailsCAR ROLLS INTO FIELD IN LATE NIGHT CRASH AT ARRETON
Police were called to a collision in Arreton after a car rolled off the road and into a field late last night (Monday). The incident occurred on the A3056 between the turn off for Merstone and the village of Arreton...
Read moreDetailsNO TRAINS ON ISLAND LINE BETWEEN 9-7 THIS WEDNESDAY DUE TO STAFF SICKNESS
Island Line trains will be suspended for a period of 10 hours on Wednesday due to staff sickness. South Western Railway has confirmed that no trains will be operating between Ryde and Shanklin from 09:00 until 19:00 tomorrow. A rail...
Read moreDetailsMAYDAY ALERT LEADS TO EARLY HOURS SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Fears that sailors were in immediate, life-threatening danger off the South of the Isle of Wight led to the launch of a search and rescue operation overnight into the early hours of this morning (Tuesday). Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat, Selsey RNLI...
Read moreDetailsLIGHTNING WIPES OUT SUPPLIES FOR SOUTH WIGHT HOMES
Hundreds of homes in the South Wight have been left without power tonight (Monday) as the thunderstorm passes over the Isle of Wight. 95 postcode areas have been left without power in the Roud, Wroxall, Upper Ventnor and Godshill areas....
Read moreDetailsREVISED TIMETABLE ON WIGHTLINK’S YARMOUTH ROUTE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Staff shortages mean that Wightlink will be operating a revised timetable on its Yarmouth-Lymington car ferry service tomorrow (Tuesday) and again on Wednesday. The cross-Solent operator says that a lack of an essential member of the crew means fewer ferries...
Read moreDetailsNEW WARNING ISSUED AS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, STRONG WINDS AND HAIL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY
A new yellow weather warning has been issued for the Isle of Wight with further torrential downpours, thunderstorms and perhaps even a tornado expected this evening (Monday) and overnight into Tuesday. Forecasters at IW Met Service say that once again...
Read moreDetailsWARNING ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING
Torrential downpours, which could be worse than those experienced in the last few weeks, are set to hit the Isle of Wight in the coming days prompting the first of several anticipated yellow weather warnings to be issued by IW...
Read moreDetailsMULTIPLE FIRE CREWS MOBILISED TO SMOKING LOBSTER AT VENTNOR
Fire crews from stations across the Isle of Wight have descended on Ventnor Esplanade tonight (Saturday) where smoke is issuing from the ironically named Smoking Lobster restaurant. More than 5 appliances from Shanklin, Sandown, Newport, Cowes and Ryde are on...
Read moreDetailsARREST MADE AFTER SUSPECTED STOLEN CAR CRASHED IN OAKFIELD
The driver of a suspected stolen vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of driving whilst under the influence following a crash in Ryde tonight (Thursday). At just before 21:20, a grey Ford Focus ST collided with a parked Citroen at...
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