First reported by Island Echo
WARNING AND RECALL ISSUED FOLLOWING E.COLI OUTBREAK
UPDATED: Public health, environmental health and food standards experts are asking people who may have bought raw (unpasteurised) milk from an Isle of Wight farm to return or dispose of it, following an outbreak of E. coli O157 which has affected...
Read moreDetailsRESIDENTS FOIL ATTEMPTED DUMPER TRUCK THEFT
One of the damaged cars UPDATED: Residents living on Bluebell Meadows in Newport have foiled an attempted dumper truck theft tonight (Thursday), but significant damage has been sustained to cars and gardens. The incident began at around 22:00 when commotion...
Read moreDetails2-CAR CRASH IN SHANKLIN
The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are attending a 2-car road traffic collision in Shanklin this evening (Thursday). A Mini and a Nissan Micra have collided on Landguard Road at the junction with Marine Cross Road. The incident...
Read moreDetailsSECOND MAN APPEARS IN COURT OVER SHANKLIN AGGRAVATED BURGLARY
29-year-old Ben Entwhistle has appeared in court following an investigation into an aggravated burglary in Shanklin. Police were called shortly after 20:50 on Wednesday 4th October to a flat on Atherley Road. It was reported that 2 men carrying a...
Read moreDetailsAIR AMBULANCE CALLED TO SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENT IN RYDE
UPDATED: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has airlifted a seriously ill patient from Simeon Street recreation ground in Ryde this morning (Thursday). The life-saving HEMS team landed in the town at 10:00, where the Isle of Wight Ambulance...
Read moreDetailsEARLY MORNING DASH TO LIFE RAFT OFF VENTNOR
Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat launched to reports of a life raft floating in the water around 2 miles off Ventnor earlier this morning (Thursday). A merchant vessel spotted the 8-man emergency raft and reported the sighting to Solent Coastguard,...
Read moreDetailsMOTORBIKE STOLEN AND TORCHED IN RYDE
A motorcyclist’s pride and joy has been left as nothing more than a burnt out shell after being stolen and then torched in Ryde overnight. The blue Suzuki SV650 was taken from Ryde High Street at sometime before 23:30 last...
Read moreDetailsSUNKEN BOAT RECOVERED FROM BEMBRIDGE MARINA
Specialist recovery teams have raised a sunken boat from Bembridge Marina this afternoon (Monday). Island-based salvage teams have used air flotation devices to raise the 36ft vessel and are now towing the partially-submerged boat to Cowes. The 36ft vessel is...
Read moreDetailsMAN ON ROOF CLOSES NEWPORT ROAD
UPDATED: Police have cordoned off a section of Newport Town centre this morning (Monday) due to a person located on the roof of a building. Its understood a man has taken position above a row of shops stretching from Starbucks to...
Read moreDetailsEMERGENCY RESPONSE TO ‘DOWNED AIRCRAFT’
UPDATED: HM Coastguard and Bembridge RNLI are conducting a search of Culver Down following reports of a possible microlight having crashed onto the rocks below. Bembridge RNLI Inshore Lifeboat is currently conducting a shoreline search around Whitecliff Bay and Culver Cliff...
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