The award-winning performance poet, playwright and children’s author Joseph Coelho is on an epic cross-country mission to join a library in every local authority in the UK – more than 200 libraries in total – with the aim of encouraging...

The Isle of Wight will feature in an episode of the BBC's Great Coastal Railway Journeys next Wednesday (14th June) as presenter Michael Portillo rides the Island's mainline railway. The episode will see Portillo start in Southampton before travelling by...

This summer, English Heritage is encouraging its visitors to explore England’s historic sites using the 5 senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell, in a bid to help them connect more deeply with the past. To provide inspiration, the...

The Cedars Pub in Wootton has received a 1 out of 5 food hygiene rating after inspectors found multiple issues including signs of mold growth inside the ice machine, raw meat being stored next to bread and an electric fly...

Wightlink's Yarmouth service is experiencing delays of 90 minutes following a 'docking incident' earlier this afternoon (Friday). Island Echo is told by witnesses on board that the 14:40 Yarmouth service endured a ‘heavy docking’, with passengers then unable to unload...

Isle of Wight Freemasons handed over cheques totalling more than £60,000 to representatives of local charities at an event attended by local dignitaries recently. The presentation evening at the Cowes Masonic Hall also allowed the charities to speak about the...

Daish’s Hotel on the Isle of Wight has been awarded a TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2023 for the 9th year running, cementing its place among travellers’ favourite places to stay. Daish’s, situated in Shanklin's Old Village, is part of...

Malcolm holding a picture of his father Frederick with other brave paratroopers 81-year-old Malcolm Jackson from Shanklin has done a tandem skydive 79 years to the day after his paratrooper father jumped into Nazi-occupied France during the D-Day landings. Lance...

The Phoenix Choir were given a very warm welcome when after 6 years they returned to St Helen’s Church on Saturday 27th May to perform their second concert of the season. It was a beautiful evening and there was a...

Freshwater Bay Golf Club members and fundraisers Steve Orchard and Paul Swain are set to undertake their latest fundraising challenge to raise funds for Freshwater Bay Golf Club Captain’s charity of the year, Independent Arts. The pair, who in previous...