A popular Isle of Wight marching band is appealing to members of the public to help fund the repairs to its Luton van - which helps members travel to various performances in locations all over the country. Medina Marching Band's...

A superb team effort last Tuesday resulted in 4 of the Wightlink-Wight Mountain riders finishing in the top 10 in the 2nd Round of the Southdown Velo Series at Goodwood.  After a steady start in the E/1/2 race, Joe Staunton...

Isle of Wight producers are proving that the island has some of the best food and drink on offer as 3 regional ranges of products are now available at local co-operative stores. The products from Crumbs Brewing, Minghella Ice Cream...

An Isle of Wight poet has resorted to rhyming to rail against the local Council's failure to consider options for its £10million transport interchange scheme. With money coming from the Government's Transforming Cities Fund, it has been redubbed the Trashing...

Macquarie Asset Management has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Southern Water Services Limited - which will see extra investment into the network reach £2billion over the next 4 years. Under the agreement reached...

Donna Jones, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has been part of the launch of the Prime Minister and Home Secretary’s Beating Crime Plan. Commissioner Jones joined Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Home Secretary Priti Patel...

Motorists heading through Lake are facing delays following a multi-vehicle shunt on Lake Hill this afternoon (Monday). Island Echo has been told that 3 cars have been involved in a minor collision on the road outside the Tesco Express store....

Residents of Orchard House Care Home, in Newport, were very excited to take part in their wheelchair travel day to Hawaii. Activity team, Debbie Webb and Keely Heald, dressed up in bright colours and wore grass skirts to help transport...

The RSPCA has launched a new rehoming campaign to help find alternative homes for ‘farm cats’ in the South West who prefer the great outdoors. The project aims to find homes for farm cats and other nervous felines who need...

Red Funnel has published a new Red Jet timetable for its cross-Solent routes post-Cowes Week (9th August – 19th August). The timetable will see Red Funnels services return to the pre-Cowes Week schedule. In addition, and to help meet demand during...