The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. New Applications Application...

Firefighters have extinguished a tent fire at the entrance to a public car park in Ryde tonight (Thursday). 2 appliances were mobilised to St Thomas’ Street in the town at around 21:35 following reports of ‘explosions’ being heard. Just 1...

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating a burglary from the site of a house renovation last month. The incident took place in mid-July whereby an extensive amount of power tools - largely from the Dewalt range- were stolen....

With temperatures of 33c expected on the Isle of Wight over the next 2 days, Island Echo has compiled top tips on how to stay safe during a heatwave. As previously reported, IW Met Service has issued a heat alert...

Islanders are being thanked for recycling more at home as new research shows the changing ways residents manage their household waste. The Isle of Wight Council, in partnership with Amey, has carried out a recycling and waste composition study which...

Police have confirmed that 33-year-old Elezaj Shkelzen from Oxfordshire is the man at the centre of a major missing person search following the discovery of a jet ski in the Solent on Tuesday. Elezaj was last seen on a jet...

BT looks set to remove another 7 public telephone boxes on the Isle of Wight, adding to the 42 already removed or being removed. An initial consultation was launched in September last year to permanently remove 16 telephone boxes from...

A 2-car crash is causing delays on the main Newport to Ryde road at Binstead this afternoon (Thursday). A silver Toyota Yaris and an orange Ford Fusion have been involved in a minor crash at the junction of Pitts Lane....

Barratt Homes is championing the latest government announcements to extend its current Help to Buy Scheme that would have seen many customers lose out on a significant contribution towards their homes.   The current Help to Buy scheme was set...

A road traffic collision is causing significant travel delays in the Arreton Valley this afternoon (Thursday). At least 2 vehicles have been involved in a smash near to Arreton Barns, with a car rear-ending a tipper truck. A third car...