CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
The search for missing 49-year-old Richard Chase, who was last seen leaving a nightclub during the early hours of Saturday morning, continues this lunchtime. WightSAR, the Island’s voluntary search and rescue team, have been deployed to Seaclose Park in Newport to...
Read moreDetailsHouseholds in the Arreton area without internet connectivity this morning (Sunday) as a result of a road traffic collision overnight which has resulted in a BT cabinet being completely destroyed. The incident occurred during the early hours of the morning...
Read moreDetailsAn appeal for information has been launched as concerns grow for the welfare of Richard Chase, who has gone missing on the Isle of Wight. The 49-year-old was last seen leaving Fever & Boutique nightclub on Coppins Bridge, Newport at...
Read moreDetailsRed Funnel has announced that it’s hi-speed Red Jet service will be suspended this evening (Saturday) due to critical staff shortages. Passengers - many of whom will be enjoying a Christmas evening out in Southampton - will have to travel...
Read moreDetailsA car has left the road and rolled into a field between Newport and Wootton this afternoon (Saturday). The crash, which has involved just 1 vehicle, has occurred on Staplers Road close to Butterfly World and Solent Grange. Emergency services,...
Read moreDetailsA pedestrian is being checked over by paramedics after being involved in a collision with a car in Newport this evening (Friday). Emergency services are currently in attendance at Medina Avenue in the town, at the traffic light junction with...
Read moreDetailsCoastguard Rescue 175 helicopter and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat have been scrambled to reports of a person in difficulty off St Catherine's Point this afternoon (Friday). HM Coastguard has mobilised a number of resources to the emergency at the...
Read moreDetailsA 77-year-old man who was struck by a car on the main road at Binstead last month has died in hospital, 3 weeks after the collision. David Cairns was hit by a Skoda Octavia on Binstead Road at just before...
Read moreDetailsIsland Roads has taken the decision to prepare its gritters to deploy across the Isle of Wight during the early hours of tomorrow morning (Saturday). Salt runs will take place on all the usual routes, as well as at pedestrian...
Read moreDetailsA 42-year-old man from Ryde is being questioned by Police as part of an investigation into a non-recent child sex offence. Officers attended an address in the town at just before 09:00 this morning (Thursday) and made a swift arrest....
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