CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
Gritters will be treating the Island’s road network twice - both this evening (New Year’s Eve) and tomorrow morning - due to the freezing temperatures being experienced across the Isle of Wight. Temperatures have barely risen above 2c in Ryde...
Read moreDetails4 people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs following 2 raids on the Isle of Wight this morning (Wednesday). As first reported by Island Echo, officers have executed warrants at addresses in Linden Road,...
Read moreDetailsA yellow weather warning for ice has been issued for the Isle of Wight, with temperatures expected to hit -4c overnight. Rain, sleet and hill snow that falls this evening (Wednesday) will clear away after midnight allowing clear spells to...
Read moreDetailsA number of vehicles have been involved in several minor road traffic collisions on the Island's roads this morning (Wednesday). On the outskirts of Newport, a Mini left the carriageway on Forest Road close to the junction with Betty Haunt...
Read moreDetailsA large scale raid has taken place at a property in East Cowes this morning (Wednesday), with specialist ambulance crews and firefighters supporting Police with the major operation. Officers clad in full personal protective equipment, including respirators, have entered an...
Read moreDetailsHM Coastguard has tasked a number of search and rescue resources to reports of a fire and lights at the base of Culver Cliff tonight (Tuesday). Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team (CRT) were tasked at around 22:15 to a 999 report...
Read moreDetailsCoastguard Officers were tasked to Ryde Sands late this afternoon (Tuesday) when a 999 call reported that persons may have been cut off by the tide. Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team responded to the area shortly before 16:00 and conducted a...
Read moreDetailsThe main road connecting Ventnor and Whitwell is blocked this afternoon (Bank Holiday Monday) as a result of a 2-car road traffic collision. Emergency services have been called to the scene on Ventnor Road, just outside the village of Whitwell....
Read moreDetailsA car has overturned on Middle Road between Newport and Calbourne this morning (Bank Holiday Monday). Police have closed the road in both directions as a result of the single vehicle incident, which occurred sometime before 08:15. The Island's roads...
Read moreDetailsA flood warning is now in force for Whitwell, Wroxall, Langbridge and Alverstone on the Eastern Yar with residents urged to take immediate action this Bank Holiday Monday. Water levels in the Eastern Yar are high and rising following heavy rain...
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