CAR AND BIKE CRASH CAUSES DELAYS ON MILITARY ROAD
14th June 2026
Island Line trains are suspended this morning (Monday) due to a signalling issue. The network has been shut down all weekend to allow for engineering works as part of the multi-million-pound investment in Island Line. The service was set to...
Read moreDetailsA driver who travelled the wrong way down a main road in Sandown before crashing into a parked car late last night (Friday) has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. The Ford Fiesta collided with a Nissan Juke outside...
Read moreDetailsEmergency services are attending a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Newport this morning (Saturday). Police have closed Burnt House Lane - between Downend and Shide - as a result of the crash. The Isle of Wight Fire and...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard were called out to Colwell Bay in the West Wight yesterday evening (Thursday) when a person fell off the sea wall. The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked at 19:18 to...
Read moreDetailsIslanders are being firmly discouraged from taking part in this year's St Helens Fort Walk, which for the first time could be considered illegal. Each August, thousands of people head to the beaches of St Helens and Bembridge to take...
Read moreDetailsThe first photos of the brand new Island Line trains, which are currently being built by Vivarail in the Midlands, have been released today (Thursday). The Class 484 trains will operate between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin and will replace...
Read moreDetails2 cars and a van have been involved in a minor road traffic collision in the West Wight this morning (Thursday). The incident has occurred on Middle Road to the west of Tapnell village on the westbound carriageway. Island Echo...
Read moreDetailsResidents in the Parkhurst area of Newport are without water this morning (Thursday) due to a burst main nearby. Water is gushing out of the failed pipe at the bottom of Horsebridge Hill on the main Newport to Cowes road....
Read moreDetailsPolice are appealing for the public’s help in locating missing Georgina Martin-Gentleman from Ryde. Georgina, 23, was last seen at Ryde bus station at 15:55 today (Wednesday). Hampshire Constabulary and Georgina’s family are extremely concerned for her welfare and a...
Read moreDetailsA woman has been rescued from the water at Wightlink’s Fishbourne ferry terminal this evening (Wednesday). The Portsmouth-Fishbourne service is delayed as a result of the emergency, which has involved Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge and Ventnor, Police and the...
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