Wightlink will resume its FastCat foot passenger sailings between Ryde Pier Head and Portsmouth Harbour on Thursday 29th April, it has been announced this morning (Friday). It will be an hourly service with 2 catamarans operating on school holiday weekends...

A second drive-thru - possibly thought to be Costa Coffee - is planned to sit alongside McDonalds at the brand new St George's Retail Park in Newport, which will now be smaller in scale with nearly 20% less retail floorspace....

The winning numbers in this week’s IW Lottery draw (16th April 2021) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 8803 £100.00 15249 £100.00 15310 £100.00 1362 £100.00 1610 £100.00 8068 £100.00 1706 £100.00 14106 £100.00 6412 £100.00 13886 £100.00 1310

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) is working with Made By Sport to offer the ‘Clubs In Crisis’ Fund, which will leave a long-lasting, positive legacy for the future of young people. Sporting activities have returned this week...

A 50-year-old man from Sandown has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage following an incident involving Armed Police in Sandown. As previously reported by Island Echo, armed officers were called to the Fort Street area...

All 33 town and parish councils on the Isle of Wight will receive extra funding to help boost tourism this summer after the Isle of Wight Council received a £191,270 cash injection from the Government. The money from the Welcome...

A new one-stop shop for candidate information, polling station locations and archival information relating to elections on the Isle of Wight has been launched by Island Echo. www.isleofwight.vote has gone live this week ahead of the Local Elections, Town/Parish Elections...

More Island businesses are able to access further grant funding as the Isle of Wight Council launches its latest Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme. The government has allocated the council a further £852,000 of discretionary funding to support businesses severely...

Police have opened an investigation into a serious assault in Apse Heath, which has left a man hospitalised and facing the prospect of partially losing his sight. Hampshire Constabulary is investigating an incident which took place at Village Way Caravan...

Monday 29th March – Friday 2nd April 2021 • Lewis Harry Dewick, 30, of Cross Street in Newport was handed down a 18-week prison sentence after admitting 3 counts of theft, 3 counts of causing harassment/alarm/distress and 1 count of possession...