Tesco is making it easier than ever for shoppers to give a helping hand to food banks and charities providing aid to people on the Isle of Wight this summer. The Freshwater Superstore and Ryde Extra store have been selected...

Sailing has been cancelled at the Cowes Week regatta today (Sunday) due to adverse weather conditions in the Solent. The cancellation was confirmed this morning with high winds and gusts forecast today. With conditions looking better from tomorrow, it is...

The Isle of Wight UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve is featured on the newly illustrated map, now available to download for free from the UK National Commission for UNESCO. The map — designed by the creative cartographer Tom Woolley — marks the...

Wightlink crews are working with HM Coastguard to improve safety at sea for everyone who takes to the water.   Officers based at the Coastguard’s Joint Response Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) in Fareham have crossed the Solent on board 2 of...

A power cut in Shanklin is affecting 1669 households and businesses this morning (Saturday). The outage was first reported at 08:56 and is affecting 125 postcodes in the PO36 and PO37 areas. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks are aware of...

Game On - a retro gaming café and bar - will open tomorrow (Saturday) and, for the opening weekend, customers can enjoy 90 minutes half price. As previously reported by Island Echo, the team have been busy transforming the former...

A crash involving 2 vehicles has occurred on West Street in Ryde this afternoon. The 2 cars involved are a Ford Fiesta and a VW Golf with the former having sustained damage on the front right of the car. 3...

Linda Pitcher, the mother of disgraced former councillor Daryll Pitcher, is vying to take her son’s place on the Isle of Wight Council in the forthcoming Wootton Bridge by-election, it has been confirmed this afternoon (Friday). Linda is standing for...

Aerovolt are due to install their smart charging network at Sandown and 5 other Solent region airports next month. With exclusive airside smart charging operations and access to electric aircraft, the system will be the World's first public smart charging...

Homecare provider Right at Home Isle of Wight has been rated as being in the ‘Top 20 Homecare providers in the South-East of England’ by homecare.co.uk. The Bembridge-based company was ranked an impressive 12th out of 1,803 home care providers...