Major Trunk Road near Southampton Closed after Collision
Major Trunk Road near Southampton Closed after Collision The A36 has been closed in both directions near to #Landford South of Salisbury this evening. The closure is Between #A3090 and #A27 due to a collision. Wiltshire Police have closed the road that is likely to stay closed for the next couple of hours whilst Police […]
Street Robbery Gang With Knife Target Man in Gosport
Street Robbery Gang With Knife Target Man in Gosport Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Gosport. A 30-year-old man was walking along a footpath between Harris Road Road and Gregson Avenue just after 10pm, on Thursday (March 3), when he was stopped by four men wearing hooded tops. He was threatened with […]
Street Robbery Gang With Knife Target Man in Gosport
Street Robbery Gang With Knife Target Man in Gosport Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Gosport. A 30-year-old man was walking along a footpath between Harris Road Road and Gregson Avenue just after 10pm, on Thursday (March 3), when he was stopped by four men wearing hooded tops. He was threatened with […]
Man abducted from his home in Southsea
Man abducted from his home in Southsea Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was abducted from a house in Southsea in the early hours of last Sunday 28. It is alleged that three men targeted a house in Beach Road and assaulted the 59-year-old victim before demanding money from him. The men drove […]
Pedestrian hit by Car in Ryde
Pedestrian hit by Car in Ryde A Shopper has been taken to hospital with “non life-threatening injuries” after being hit by a car outside the Edinburgh Woollen Mill store on Garfield Road in Ryde this lunchtime. Eyewitnesses claim to have heard the driver of VW Touran car “my breaks have failed” before it left the […]
Pedestrian hit by Car in Ryde
Pedestrian hit by Car in Ryde A Shopper has been taken to hospital with “non life-threatening injuries” after being hit by a car outside the Edinburgh Woollen Mill store on Garfield Road in Ryde this lunchtime. Eyewitnesses claim to have heard the driver of VW Touran car “my breaks have failed” before it left the […]
Road Cordoned Off after Unexploded Device Found In East Cowes
Road Cordoned Off after Unexploded Device Found In East Cowes Police have this morning sealed off Kingston Road, East Cowes. An area of East Cowes has been sealed off by Police after what is thought to be an unexploded grenade was discovered. It was found by people who were digging and clearing land near to […]
Celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday with a street party on Portsmouth
Celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday with a street party on Portsmouth Portsmouth residents are being invited to hold street parties on Sunday, 12 June, to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. It is hoped groups of neighbours will work together to hold events across the city to coincide with the Queen hosting the largest street […]
University experts take part in biggest disaster exercise
University experts take part in biggest disaster exercise STAFF and students from the University of Portsmouth have taken part in Europe’s biggest ever emergency response exercise – involving a tower block collapsing on Waterloo Station. The fictional but painstakingly realised scenario was at the heart of Exercise Unified Response, which took place at four […]
Emergency Services attend Crash on Blackwater Road in Newport
Emergency Services attend Crash on Blackwater Road in Newport Reports of a Road traffic collision at Merstone Lane/A3056 junction in Newport on the Isle of Wight this morning. The incident is causing delays to traffic and local buses services that operate in the area. The Southern Vectis Number 2 Bus Service Newport/Shanklin Buses is being […]