Coastguard Rescue Teams responded to reports of a missing child on the beach at Ryde this afternoon (Friday). The alarm was raised by concerned parents at around 15:00 with Coastguard Rescue Officers from Bembridge and Ventnor tasked to the scene....

3 busy council car parks are to offer drivers the option to pay by contactless cards from today (Friday 7th August).  The car parks at Quay Road in Ryde, River Road in Yarmouth and Church Litten, Newport will be offering...

Ashley Cherrett and Tia Nicholson, who met while working at Fuller’s brewery in Chiswick, are the new tenants of The Cedars in Wootton. The move is the couple’s first pub and they intend to bring their passion and knowledge of...

The chairman of Barclays UK, Sir Ian Cheshire, has been appointed as Mountbatten’s new Chair of Trustees. Sir Ian, 60, will bring extensive business experience to the role, following a career which includes 7 years as chief executive of Kingfisher,...

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has issued a statement on the recently-announced planning reforms. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Government has set out plans to overhaul an ‘outdated’ planning system and reform the way the country builds....

2 teenagers from the Isle of Wight have raised thousands of pounds for Aspire Ryde by sailing around the Island. 18-year-old Jamie Winterbottom and 17-year-old Xander Huber were determined to help the local charity with their amazing work for young...

The Isle of Wight Council is once again opening up the doors to libraries across the Island after making changes to ensure that each venue is COVID-safe. For a few weeks now, library customers have been able to visit their...

4 student nurses at St Mary's Hospital can't wait to qualify and return to the acute medical ward where they have spent the past 3 months working. When COVID-19 took hold at the end of March, student nurses were given...

More than 150,000 businesses in the South East benefited from over £5.8 billion of support to bounce back from COVID through government-supported loan schemes. The figures published today (Friday) also reveal that 130,000 businesses have also benefitted from £1.6 billion...

The winning numbers in this week’s IW Lottery draw (7th August 2020) are… Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 13005 £100.00 13828 £100.00 12355 £100.00 13087 £100.00 7528 £100.00 8603 £100.00 7913 £100.00 7845 £100.00 10310 £100.00 14825 £100.00 15310