Island-based business Captiva Homes has delayed a return to its building sites putting the safety of the community before construction. It was the first home builder on the Isle of Wight to send its teams home during the current pandemic...

McDonald's say they hope to re-open Ryde's drive-thru by early June, it has been announced. The fast good giant is preparing to start re-opening stores across the country with 30 restaurants set to open from 20th May under 'Phase 2' of...

Ryde Carnival have cancelled this year's children's, main and illuminated carnivals due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, it has been announced. Following the Prime Minister's announcement on Sunday evening that lockdown will continue into July, the committee has decided to...

32 people have now sadly died with COVID-19 at St Mary’s Hospital, according to figures released this afternoon (Tuesday). NHS England say that the latest victim of the deadly virus passed away in the Isle of Wight's only hospital yesterday...

In a boost to millions of jobs and businesses, Rishi Sunak has today (Tuesday) announced that the furlough scheme will be extended by a further 4 months with workers continuing to receive 80% of their current salary. Whilst today's news...

Abacus Pubs and music venues might be closed at present, but this isn’t stopping local folk singers John Hacker and John Bentley. Since the lockdown, a weekly folk club has been running on Zoom and now the organisers are planning...

A large build up of sand on the beach at Ryde is being cleared by the Isle of Wight Council from today (Tuesday). Contractors have not been clearing the sand at Ryde regularly during lockdown. However, as it’s now got...

Burger King is set to re-open a number of its drive-thru restaurants from next Monday, including here on the Isle of Wight. The fast food giant closed its doors back in March as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. It...

Following the announcement of the Government's first sketch of a road map for reopening society, the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched a free online tool to help businesses start to develop their own road map to restart, restore...

Police are continuing to make enquiries to establish the identity of a man whose body was found washed ashore in East Cowes on Saturday morning. As previously reported by Island Echo, officers were called to Old Castle Point at 06:15...