First reported by Island Echo
MAN ‘FACE DOWN IN THE WATER’ PULLED FROM THE SEA AT SANDOWN
A 15-year-old girl helped to save a intoxicated man from the sea at Sandown last night (Saturday). Whilst thousands of people were enjoying the annual fireworks display, one man took it upon himself to enter the bitterly cold water in...
Read moreDetailsSKODA LEAVES DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROAD AFTER LAKE HIGH STREET CRASH
UPDATED: Police were called to a road traffic collision involving a Skoda Fabia on Lake High Street late last night (Saturday). The red hatchback sustained heavy front end damage after colliding with a number of bollards lining the carriageway. Airbags...
Read moreDetailsPOLICE AND HM COASTGUARD RESPOND TO MAN ON PIER AT TOTLAND
UPDATED: Police and 2 Coastguard Rescue Teams are attending an incident at Totland Pier in the West Wight this morning (Saturday). As previously reported by Island Echo, the National Police Air Service helicopter started circling Ryde shortly after 05:00 before...
Read moreDetailsRYDE RESIDENTS AWOKEN BY POLICE HELICOPTER SEARCH
Local residents were woken from their beds by the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter conducting an apparent search in the skies above Ryde earlier this morning (Saturday). At just gone 05:00 the Bournemouth-based helicopter started circling the town in...
Read moreDetailsFIRE FEARS AT VENTNOR’S THE ROYAL HOTEL
The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have responded to an alarm activation at The Royal Hotel in Ventnor this morning (Saturday). 3 appliances from Ventnor, Shanklin and Newport were mobilised to the scene on Belgrave Road at around...
Read moreDetailsRANGE FIRE AT RYDE FISH & CHIP SHOP
UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at a fish & chip shop in Ryde this afternoon (Friday). 2 appliances and an aerial ladder platform are all on scene at Oakfield High Street, where a...
Read moreDetailsBODY FOUND IN WOODLAND AT BOWCOMBE
UPDATED: A body has been discovered in woodland in a remote part of Central Wight this lunchtime (Thursday). Police, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and HM Coastguard are currently on scene in a field off the main Carisbrooke to...
Read moreDetailsMINOR CRASH CLOSES NEWPORT’S LUGLEY STREET
UPDATED: Police have closed Lugley Street in Newport this morning (Thursday) as a result of a minor road traffic collision. A van and a car have been involved in a small come to at the junction with Mill Street. Officers...
Read moreDetailsFIRE SERVICE RESPOND TO ST MARY’S HOSPITAL ALERT
UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are responding to an alert at St Mary's Hospital in Newport this morning (Thursday). 2 appliances from Newport, 1 from Ryde, 1 from East Cowes and the aerial ladder platform from...
Read moreDetailsBOMB DISPOSAL TEAM CALLED TO ARCTIC ROAD IN COWES
UPDATED: Royal Navy Bomb Disposal experts have been called to Isle of Wight Aggregates on Arctic Road in Cowes this afternoon (Wednesday). The discovery of ordnance has prompted the area to be cordoned off by Police. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)...
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