LIVE: Snow is falling across the Isle of Wight this afternoon (Thursday) and with an amber weather warning now in place, disruption is expected.
*For all school closures please visit https://www.islandecho.co.uk/school-closures-isle-wight/*
FOR LIVE COVERAGE ON FRIDAY VISIT https://www.islandecho.co.uk/snow-ice-causes-island-wide-chaos/.
Traffic & Travel
– Brading Downs Road – CLOSED
– All Southern Vectis buses to be SUSPENDED at 22:00
Services
– All waste and recycling collections have been CANCELLED for tomorrow (Friday)
– Dinosaur Isle is CLOSED
– Newport Library and Sandown Library CLOSED
– Fairway Leisure Centre will be CLOSED this evening
– Family centres have closed early
Useful Numbers
• Island Roads – 01983 822440 (or report online)
• Isle of Wight Council – 01983 821000
• St Mary’s Hospital – 01983 822099 (111 for non-emergency medical advice)
• Spectrum Housing – 0300 011 0164
• RSPCA – 01983 840247
• Floodline – 0345 988 1188 / 0845 988 1188 (24 hour service)
• Environment Agency Incident Hotline – 0800 80 70 60
• Wightcare – 01983 821105
• Southern Electric (SSE) – For powercuts call 105. Other enquiries 0345 072 1905
• Southern Water – 0845 278 0845 / 0330 303 0368 (from a mobile)
• National Gas Emergency – 0800 111 999
