The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is celebrating its 50th anniversary. On 24th January 1971, crowds of well-wishers had flocked to Newport station and lined the line to Havenstreet, to witness the town’s last trains. In the late 1960s, the...

Self Assessment customers will not receive a penalty for their late online tax return if they file by 28th February 2021, HM Revenue and Customs’ Chief Executive Jim Harra has announced. More than 8.9 million customers have already filed their...

Island housebuilders Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes are encouraging their residents to join in with the largest garden wildlife survey in the world – the Big Garden Birdwatch! The Birdwatch, run by the RSPB since 1979, invites people across...

As fibre continues its trek across the Isle of Wight, many of us have already signed up to the faster speeds that it offers. What many internet users might not understand, however, is that the advantages of fibre are wider...

A woman had to wait over 5 hours for an ambulance after breaking her ankle on Tennyson Down yesterday afternoon (Monday), eventually being rescued by HM Coastguard. Coastguard Officers from The Needles and Ventnor were tasked at 18:06 to locate...

Specialist mainland services are being brought in to repair a mains sewer pipe that has been identified as the cause of a sinkhole in Ryde. As previously reported by Island Echo, a large hole has appeared on a footpath at...

The Isle of Wight community is continuing to work together to help fight against coronavirus with cases now down to just 41 a day. Latest official data shows that the number of cases recorded on the Island each day is...

Families and young people joined a South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY) zoom session last week to cook a delicious chilli from scratch as part of the ‘Box Project’. SWAY’s Box Project is aimed at bringing people together and overcoming...

The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched its new Start-Up Launchpad programme, which offers new business owners 12 hours of business coaching from a trusted advisor, at no cost. The programme, in partnership with BDO leading business advisers, has...

The Island's gritting team are ready to hit the roads once again with another cold night in store for the Isle of Wight. A full gritting run will be undertaken from 18:00 this evening (Monday), with further treatment of known...