An Island housebuilder has reported a strong performance in 2021 highlighting the high demand for its high-quality homes. Barratt Developments, made up of Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, has issued its trading update for the period from 1st January...

The Isle of Wight's search and rescue team, Wight SAR, is appealing for the public's help in funding a new Incident Control Vehicle. The organisation regularly assists in searches for missing or vulnerable people alongside emergency service colleagues from the...

Hampshire Constabulary has launched an arson investigation after a fire at a derelict care home in Sandown yesterday (Sunday). As first reported by Island Echo, firefighters from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised to the former...

If you are involved in a collision and not wearing a seatbelt, the force you will hit the windscreen is approximately 30 to 60 times your own body weight and you are also twice as likely to die as those...

Firefighters from Shanklin, Sandown and Newport are in attendance at a building fire in Sandown this afternoon (Sunday). 3 appliances from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at the former Stonehaven assisted living facility...

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary have made 2 arrests following a drugs raid in Ryde yesterday (Saturday). Several units attended an address in Cross Street yesterday afternoon, where police made the discovery of a number of plants which are suspected to...

Firefighters from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance at a West Wight restaurant this morning (Sunday). 2 appliances from Freshwater and Newport are attending a fire at The Hut eatery in Colwell Bay....

A new Seabin has been installed in East Cowes Marina to help tackle marine litter in the Solent and engage the public with the issue of marine plastic pollution and the impact this has on our marine life. A Seabin...

Following the first 5-year term of WightBID, local businesses who have been forced to pay towards the tourism programme - even throughout the coronavirus pandemic - have voiced their disdain for the levy. WightBID was introduced to focus on marketing...

Visitors to a popular country park in the West Wight are being warned to be cautious when walking along the beach after a decomposing whale washed up today (Saturday). Dog walkers and those with a sensitive disposition heading to Fort...