Police on the Isle of Wight are searching for missing 32-year-old Charlotte Mullen from Sandown, who hasn't been seen since yesterday afternoon (Wednesday). Charlotte was last seen at around 16:45 in the Brading area. When seen, Charlotte was wearing dark...

Special hardship payments totalling £752,000 have now been allocated to help the 5,020 Island households who are currently in receipt of Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) for those of working age. The payments are from a fund of £1.1million provided...

Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire on the outskirts of Chale this evening (Thursday). 1 pump from Shanklin and 1 water carrier from Ventnor are on scene at a farm off Appleford Road. Shanklin’s retained appliance turned out at...

WightSAR - the Island’s volunteer search and rescue organisation - has been deployed to assist Police with the search for a missing person in Sandown this afternoon (Thursday). An incident command point has been established at The Broadway Garage off...

11 new student Physician Associates have joined St Mary’s Hospital whilst universities are closed to help respond to the current Coronavirus pandemic. The students are studying at Portsmouth, Cambridge, Brighton and Sussex to support doctors in the diagnosis and management...

Wightlink is reminding customers to continue to follow the Government’s instructions and stay at home – particularly over the coming Bank Holiday weekend – to reduce the spread of coronavirus.  In a personal message from Wightlink’s Chief Executive, Keith Greenfield,...

A person in the water reported to be in difficulty resulted in a call out for Cowes RNLI lifeboat this afternoon (Thursday).  Volunteers were paged at 13:53 to launch the Atlantic 85 class lifeboat to Gurnard, where a person in...

The Mayors and Town Councils of Sandown and Shanklin have worked together to encourage residents to take time to commemorate and celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day on Friday (8th May) - whilst continuing to follow the public health...

30,000 Islanders have already downloaded the NHS' coronavirus contact tracing app -  just 48 hours after it  went live on the Isle of Wight. As previously reported by Island Echo, Island residents are being encouraged to support the nation by being...

WATCH: The video above shows the milking process at Briddlesford Farm near Wootton Dairy farmers across the Isle of Wight will be able to access up to £10,000 each to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, it...