First reported by Island Echo
MAN INJURED FOLLOWING FALL FROM MOBILITY SCOOTER
Emergency services are tending to an injured man who has fallen from a mobility scooter in Newport’s Holyrood Street this afternoon (Friday). Several police units are on the scene outside Hursts hardware store where the elderly casualty is laid in...
Read moreDetails“I COULD HAVE LOST MY CHILDREN THAT DAY” – DAD-OF-4 RECALLS PADDLEBOARDING TRIP THAT WENT WRONG
A dad from Liverpool has spoken out about a paddleboarding trip on the Isle of Wight that went very very wrong, ending with him and his family having to be winched up a cliff by the Coastguard. John Underwood had...
Read moreDetailsEMERGENCY RESPONSE AS UNCONSCIOUS SAILOR RUSHED ASHORE AT COWES
An unconscious sailor has been rushed ashore at Cowes and conveyed to hospital this evening (Thursday). Cowes RNLI Lifeboat was launched at around 20:00 following reports of an individual being transported to a port of safety and requiring urgent assistance....
Read moreDetails2-CAR CRASH CLOSES MAIN ROAD BETWEEN YARMOUTH AND FRESHWATER
Emergency services are in attendance at a 2-vehicle road traffic collision on Halletts Shute near Yarmouth this afternoon (Thursday). The incident, which has involved a VW Polo and a Peugeot 206 SW, has occurred at the junction for Fort Victoria....
Read moreDetailsPOLICE HUNT 29-YEAR-OLD CONOR FOGARTY OVER SANDOWN ASSAULT
Police on the Isle of Wight are searching for 29-year-old Conor Fogarty, who is wanted in connection with an assault which took place in Sandown- but the public are being told not to approach him. Police were called at 22:21 on...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE DOCTORS TEND TO YOUNG GIRL AFTER TREE FALL
Flying doctors from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are responding to a medical emergency in the West Wight this afternoon (Thursday). The distinctive yellow and green helicopter touched down on open land near to Hurst Point View...
Read moreDetailsCOASTGUARDS WORK TO FREE WOMAN STUCK IN THE MUD AT BOULDNOR
HM Coastguard is working to free a woman who is reported to be stuck in the mud near Bouldnor this afternoon (Thursday). At just before 15:00, Solent Coastguard received a report of an individual stuck near to Bouldnor Battery, between Hamstead...
Read moreDetailsCRASH CAUSES TRAFFIC DELAYS IN LAKE JUST AHEAD OF RUSH HOUR
A collision involving a Lexus and another vehicle is causing traffic delays on a main road in Lake this afternoon (Wednesday). Motorists are facing delays on Newport Road and in the busy Lake High Street area as a result of...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE CONTINUE HUNT FOR STOLEN SHOTGUNS AS 3 MEN BAILED
Specialist officers from Hampshire Constabulary are continuing their hunt for 2 shotguns that were stolen from a shooting centre at Tapnell Farm over the weekend. Police have been carrying out investigations following the theft of 2 guns from Top Targets...
Read moreDetailsSERIES 2 OF HIT COMEDY ‘THE COCKFIELDS’ FILMING ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Series 2 of the popular UKTV comedy 'The Cockfields' is filming on the Isle of Wight this week. Crews arrived on the Island on Sunday and will spend the week travelling around to a number of different locations, including Sandown,...
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