CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
Photo: Solent Ships Webcam The ticket booth at Red Funnel's Southampton terminal has collapsed after being struck by a lorry. A cabin building used to collect tickets when customers check-in for their sailing has been completely flattened in the incident,...
Read moreDetailsThe occupants of a Citroen Saxo have escaped injury after the vehicle veered off the road and up an embankment on The Downs this morning (Monday). Emergency services have not been required to attend the incident on Mersley Downs, which...
Read moreDetailsYarmouth RNLI’s Severn-class All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) was tasked to launch last night (Saturday) following reports that 2 yachts had become entangled while anchoring in Newtown Creek. The volunteer crew headed east out of Yarmouth Harbour towards Newtown Creek shortly after being paged...
Read moreDetailsPolice and paramedics are attending a single vehicle collision in which a van has crashed into a bridge near Brading this afternoon (Saturday). The incident has occurred between Brading and Ryde at Rowborough Bridge, just before the junction with Carpenters...
Read moreDetailsFire crews are working alongside paramedics to rescue an injured individual from a quarry near Newchurch this afternoon (Saturday). 2 appliances from Newport and 1 appliance from Ryde - including the Rescue Tender - are currently in attendance at Knighton...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters from 4 fire stations in Hampshire were called to tackle a fire at Red Funnel's Southampton ferry terminal overnight. Crews from Hightown, Redbridge and St Mary's were mobilised to the vehicle ferry terminal at 02:11 this morning (Friday). 4...
Read moreDetailsA dog has been successfully rescued from the cliffs at Alum Bay after slipping its collar having become spooked by fireworks. Coastguard Rescue Teams from The Needles and Ventnor were initially tasked at 21:45 last night (Thursday) to reports of...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters have returned to the scene of Monday’s devastating barn fire on the outskirts of Ryde tonight (Thursday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has mobilised crews from Ryde back to Green Lane Farm, where the smouldering...
Read moreDetailsFirefighters are working to contain and extinguish a fire in the open at Alum Bay this evening (Thursday). A retained appliance from Freshwater is currently on scene, with a second appliance from Newport understood to be on the way. The...
Read moreDetailsHomes and businesses in Brading, Sandown and Shanklin could be without power all evening as a result of a major network fault. A total of 101 postcodes in the PO36 region have been hit by the power cut, which occurred...
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