First reported by Island Echo
HORSE WITHOUT A RIDER ON THE LOOSE IN RYDE
Motorists should be on the look out for a horse that is running wild through Ryde this evening (Wednesday). Island Echo understands the animal has fled from Ryde Beach, up Appley Lane to Marlborough Road. It has galloped the length of...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE CLOSE STAPLERS ROAD FOLLOWING RUSH HOUR CRASH
Staplers Road on the outskirts of Newport has been closed by Police between Blacklands Lane and Landscape Lane this afternoon (Wednesday). Emergency services, including the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service, are currently on scene following what is thought to be...
Read moreDetailsWIGHTLINK SUSPEND FASTCAT SERVICE
Wightlink have been forced to suspended their Fastcat catamaran service between Ryde Pier Head and Portsmouth Harbour this afternoon (Wednesday). A technical issue with one of the Wight Ryder vessels has led to the disruptive action being taken. A second vessel...
Read moreDetailsCOWES LIFEBOAT RUSHES TO ‘BOAT IN DIFFICULTIES’ AT TOTLAND
A training exercise turned into a real shout for Cowes RNLI when they were tasked to Totland Bay earlier this evening (Tuesday). Around an hour into a training session for prospective helms, Solent Coastguard hailed Cowes Lifeboat with an immediate...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE CALLED TO YARMOUTH FOLLOWING FALL
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been called to Yarmouth this lunchtime (Tuesday). Life-saving doctors and paramedics have landed on The Green in Yarmouth at the request of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service. The yellow and...
Read moreDetailsBUS AND CAR COLLIDE IN RYDE
Police are attending a collision between a bus and a car in the centre of Ryde this morning (Tuesday). The incident has occurred on Dover Street at the crossroads junction with Melville Street. A Citroen C3 - which according to...
Read moreDetails2 MEN WINCHED TO SAFETY AFTER GETTING STUCK ON CULVER CLIFF
The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service and HM Coastguard have been mobilised to Culver Down near Sandown this evening (Monday) where 2 persons are understood to be stuck on a cliff. Several fire appliances from across the Island,...
Read moreDetailsSERIOUS CRASH BETWEEN SHORWELL AND BRIGHSTONE
Emergency services are responding to a road traffic collision between the villages of Shorwell and Brighstone this morning (Monday). The single vehicle incident has occurred on Walkers Lane at the Shorwell end of the B3399. Police, fire and ambulance crews...
Read moreDetailsCOASTGUARD ALERTED AFTER POTENTIAL ORDNANCE FOUND
The discovery of an object on a beach in Bembridge has led to HM Coastguard being called into action this afternoon (Sunday). Bembridge Coastguard Rescue Team are currently on scene at Bembridge Point where a partially buried object, thought to...
Read moreDetailsFIRE IN OPEN AT UPPER VENTNOR
Firefighters have been called to reports of multiple fires in the open in Upper Ventnor this evening (Saturday). 1 appliance from Shanklin is on scene off Lowtherville Road having been mobilised by fire control at around 18:50. Several 999 calls have...
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