Hovertravel have suspended their Ryde-Southsea service due to adverse weather conditions on the Solent this afternoon (Saturday). The travel operator says that an update will be provided at 14:15 The current ticket acceptance arrangement means Hovertravel customers can use their...

Residents are being reminded that there is still time to take part in a major survey which will help decide how services are provided to older people on the Island in the future. The online survey is being run by...

Claire Mann has been appointed Managing Director of South Western Railway and will take up her post early in 2021, it has been announced. Claire has more than 2 decades of experience in the transport sector and has held a...

With just weeks left until they are pulled from service permanently, Island Line's last 2 remaining trains have broken down and it may be over a week until the service resumes. All trains between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin have...

A British documentary producer is searching for unseen footage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on the Isle of Wight as part of the largest global hunt for undiscovered film or photographs of the royal couple ever undertaken. Emily Dalton...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Bleak Down near Rookley this morning (Saturday).  Police have closed Niton Road between The Chequers Inn and Appleford Road as a result of a van crashing and coming to rest on...

In their first week of operation on the Isle of Wight, 25 Beryl e-Scooters have travelled over 4,000km and been used for over 700 journeys - with the number of scooters available set to double. e-Scooters are available to hire...

Island Line trains are suspended this weekend to allow engineers to carry out maintenance work on the network. The lines between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin is closed all day today (Saturday) and Sunday. Rail replacement buses will run between Ryde Esplanade...

About the cartoonist Dan Digby is Island Echo's new satirical cartoonist. He is an artist and illustrator from London, currently living on the Isle Of Wight. He specialises in Comic Art and Cartoons, with 29 years of drawing experience and...

This week our readers' have been busy photographing the Island's beauty. A busy bee in the garden (Maria Wilson)   Almost December!! in Tennyson mount (Jane Grewcock) A huge ammonite fossil and beach in Back of Wight Dec 1st (Lack...