First reported by Island Echo
AIR AMBULANCE CALLED IN AS MOTORCYCLIST INJURED IN FRESHWATER
Photo: Freshwater Fire Station Police, paramedics and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance are attending a road traffic collision in Freshwater this morning (Saturday). A motorcyclist has been injured as a result of the incident at the bottom...
Read moreDetails2 CARS ENGULFED BY FIRE IN SANDOWN
2 cars have been completely destroyed following a blaze at Fort Street car park in Sandown during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). A member of the public reported to 999 controllers that a vehicle was fully engulfed by fire...
Read moreDetailsNIGHT TIME LANDING IN LAKE FOR AIR AMBULANCE
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been in action in Lake near Sandown tonight (Friday). The flying doctors and paramedics landed in the grounds of Broadlea Primary School shortly before 20:45 on a shout to assist an...
Read moreDetailsHOUSE FIRE BREAKS OUT IN NITON
Firefighters are rushing to the scene of a house fire in the village of Niton this morning (Friday). Smoke can be seen issuing from a property on Blackgang Road, at the start of the village's one-way traffic system. Members of...
Read moreDetailsDISGUSTING SWASTIKA GRAFFITI SPRAYED ONTO DOORS OF VENTNOR SCHOOL
A number of highly offensive Swastika symbols - which are associated with Nazi Germany - have been sprayed onto the doors of a school in Ventnor overnight. The unmistakable graffiti has appeared on doors and signs around St Catherine's School...
Read moreDetailsLENGTHY DIVERSION AS MAIN ROAD INTO ST HELENS TO BE CLOSED FOR 4 WEEKS
Those heading in and out of the village of St Helens face a lengthy diversion from the start of next month as Island Roads look set to close Carpenters Road for a period of 4 weeks. Work on a small...
Read moreDetailsRESCUE OF 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL AT ST BONIFACE DOWN IN VENTNOR
HM Coastguard and the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are carrying out the rescue of an individual at St Boniface Down in Ventnor this evening (Thursday). Emergency teams, including Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and a local co-responder, are...
Read moreDetailsAPPEAL FOR WITNESSES AFTER ROBBERY IN FRESHWATER
Police are appealing for information after a 20-year-old man was robbed whilst walking along Tennyson Road in Freshwater on Saturday (24th August). The man reported that 3 boys approached him sometime between 17:30 and 17:35 before making demands for him...
Read moreDetailsHUNT FOR STOLEN CAR TAKEN FROM OUTSIDE PROPERTY NEAR NEWPORT
Police on the Isle of Wight are on the lookout for a Ford Focus that was stolen from outside a property near Newport overnight. The dark blue car, registration plate DL56 PAM, was taken from Noke Common - situated off...
Read moreDetailsCLIFF TOP CONCERN SEES HELICOPTER IN THE SKIES ABOVE LAKE
Emergency services are responding to concerns for the welfare of an individual on the cliff tops in Lake this morning (Thursday). A number of Police units have descended on a car park off Sandown Road, close to Lake Cliff Gardens....
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