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A car has crashed into the rear of a bin lorry at Merstone this lunchtime (Thursday) - but the driver has thankfully escaped injury. The blue BMW 1-Series has rear-ended the waste collection vehicle on a sharp bend at Merstone...
Read moreDetailsAround 150 people have been left fearing for their jobs as Neutrik announces it may soon cease operations on the Isle of Wight and move production to mainland Europe. In a briefing to staff this afternoon (Wednesday), the Ryde-based firm...
Read moreDetailsConcerns for the welfare of an individual have led to a multi-agency emergency response to Culver Down this morning (Wednesday). Police, HM Coastguard and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat are all currently on scene at the beauty spot between Bembridge...
Read moreDetails2 fires thought to have been malicious set have been prevented from spreading and successfully extinguished in Ryde this afternoon (Easter Monday). Ryde’s day crewed appliance was mobilised to reports of a small fire in the woods, with the crew...
Read moreDetailsAir ambulance medics have been scrambled to East Cowes this afternoon (Easter Monday) with the yellow and green helicopter landing within the grounds of Osborne House. For the second time today the flying doctors have deployed to the Isle of...
Read moreDetailsThe Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled alongside other emergency services to a ‘serious incident’ at a holiday park in Shanklin. Medics and Police are currently on scene at Lower Hyde Holiday Park having responded to...
Read moreDetailsA fire burning inside a bin lorry has been extinguished by firefighters from Freshwater and Newport this morning (Easter Monday). 2 appliances were mobilised to Birch Close at Colwell, near Freshwater, at 08:11 when reports were received that rubbish in...
Read moreDetailsRyde Inshore Rescue went to the aid of a 37ft yacht aground on Ryde Sands this afternoon (Easter Sunday). Solent Coastguard paged the volunteer lifeboat crew at 15:55 after it was reported that a yacht with 9 persons on board...
Read moreDetailsThe driver of an MG3 is being sought by Police after failing to stop at the scene of a crash in the rural village of Whitwell yesterday evening (Saturday). The incident occurred at a set of temporary traffic lights on...
Read moreDetailsFlying doctors from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are attending a medical emergency in Brading this afternoon (Saturday). Medics are currently on scene to the rear of The Bugle pub on the High Street, where several crews...
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