First reported by Island Echo
POLICE AND PARAMEDICS RESPOND TO CRASH AT VITTLEFIELDS JUNCTION ON FOREST ROAD
Emergency services have been called to a road traffic collision on Forest Road on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Thursday). The incident, which is said to involve 2 cars, has taken place at the Vittlefields crossroads where Forest Road...
Read moreDetailsMAN IN HIS 50S FOUND WITH HEAD INJURIES AFTER CHURCH LITTEN ASSAULT
Police have launched an investigation into an alleged assault on a man in his 50s in Newport late yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). Officers were deployed to the Town Centre at 16:34 to reports that a male had been assaulted in Church...
Read moreDetailsMULTI-AGENCY EXERCISE SIMULATING ATTACK AT NIGHT TESTS EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONSE
(Actor with special effect prosthetic) The Isle of Wight's emergency services came together to conduct a realistic, multi-agency training exercise in Northwood last night (Tuesday), simulating an individual driving into a crowd of people at an event. The Isle of...
Read moreDetailsHOVERS OFF AS WIND AND RAIN MAKES A RETURN
Hovertravel has suspended its cross-Solent service this morning (Wednesday) due to adverse weather conditions. The anticipated wind and rain has led to the decision being made to halt the Ryde to Southsea service. Tickets are being accepted on Wightlink’s Fastcat....
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE SCRAMBLED TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN SHANKLIN
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has touched down in Shanklin this morning (Tuesday) to assist the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service with a medical emergency. Flying doctors and paramedics were scrambled to a residential address in the...
Read moreDetailsNITON MAN CHARGED WITH DRINK DRIVING AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT CRASH IN WHITWELL
A 35-year-old man from Niton has been charged with drink driving after he crashed his VW Transporter van into a parked van in Whitwell on Sunday night. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Kemming Road, just...
Read moreDetailsADVERSE WEATHER SEES HOVERTRAVEL CANCEL SERVICES
Wet and windy conditions on the Solent have led to the suspension of Hovertravel's service this morning (Monday). As anticipated, adverse weather means that cross-Solent services between Ryde and Southsea are currently unable to operate. Hovertravel says that an update...
Read moreDetails33-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH DRINK DRIVING AFTER CLATTERFORD ROAD CRASH
A crash has resulted in significant front-end damage to a car and has blocked a main road in Carisbrooke tonight (Friday). The incident has occurred on Clatterford Road, near to The Waverley pub. Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE CONTINUE HUNT FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECTS AS NEWPORT DUO RELEASED
Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a man in Sandown on Tuesday are still searching for the people responsible, as it is confirmed that 2 people from Newport arrested over the attack have since been released without charge. It was on...
Read moreDetailsCAR HANGS OVER SEAWALL IN SHANKLIN AFTER DRIVER WIPES OUT PEDESTRIAN
Police fire and ambulance crews are all in attendance at Shanklin Esplanade this lunchtime (Friday) where a Lexus has smashed into a bench, knocked over a pedestrian and come to rest hanging over the seawall. The incident, which occurred around 12:30, has...
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