Incredible community spirit across the Isle of Wight and a touching story about 5-month-old Oscar has seen £8,800 raised to support children and young people with cancer. Last week, George Hatt from Chillerton set up a Facebook page stating that...

Firefighters have successfully tackled a kitchen fire in Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). Crews from Newport and Cowes were mobilised to the domestic fire in the High Street at 11:32. 2 breathing apparatus wearers were committed into the flat and used...

The Footprint Trust has moved its popular Monergy workshops online, in a bid to help people freeze their energy bills in a COVID-safe way. The Newport-based charity launched these helpful workshops 2010 and to date over 1,200 householders have benefited....

The Isle of Wight’s brand new Diamond Races may have been postponed until 2022 but could this setback help inform changes to them in the future. Most people don’t realise that the transportation of participants and spectators, the traffic management,...

38-year-old Reza Hatami has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for a period of 7 years after masturbating in public in the view of a shocked 56-year-old woman. As previously reported by Island Echo, on 12th July last year...

The research team at St Mary’s Hospital is supporting the delivery of the world’s largest trial into treatments for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. The randomised control trial, known as RECOVERY, aims to compare usual care to several different treatments, including...

Snow is expected to fall across the Isle of Wight overnight, bringing a light covering to many parts of the Island and icy conditions on Thursday morning. IW Met Service has issued a yellow weather warning for both snow and ice...

Isle of Wight organisations that support young people will receive a share of thousands of pounds raised in honour of the late Ray Scovell. Ray, who sadly died from COVID-19 on 19th January, was known as 'Mr Athletics' for all...

Police have launched a wide scale search of Firestone Copse near Havenstreet over concerns for the welfare of an individual this evening (Wednesday). 8 vehicles have descended on the rural spot situated between Wootton and Havenstreet in a bid to...

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a teenage girl was grabbed on the arm by a stranger in Ryde yesterday (Tuesday). The incident took place at around 21:00 at the bus stop for Tesco Extra Ryde, at Westridge....