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Darren started his career as a photojournalist at just 16 years of age, reporting across the Isle of Wight for regional, national and international media.
Driven by a passion for trusted local journalism, this true Caulkhead founded Island Echo in 2012 and has since grown it into a multi-award-winning publication. He is still the Editor and Publisher today.
Darren holds a Diploma with Honours in Media Law from the London School of Journalism.
In collaboration with Hampshire Constabulary, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust recently held a training day to raise awareness of the issues faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transgender people (LGBT+). The training focused on the challenges that people within...
Read moreDetailsThe rear window of a car belonging to a passenger travelling on Wightlink's Portsmouth-Fishbourne car ferry has been smashed by a piece of firefighting equipment. During the 14:00 sailing from Pompey to the Island, part of the firefighting equipment fixed...
Read moreDetailsPat Sharp will be joining Spectrum - The Austim Festival at Cowes Enterprise College with a Q&A Session, Meet and Greet and a DJ Set, as well as the infamous FUN HOUSE EXPERIENCE!, on 24th April 2020. This is a...
Read moreDetailsDespite Storm Dennis doing its best to disrupt some carefully laid plans, a speedway training camp for 20 up-and-coming youth group riders went ahead. The superb efforts from the Wightlink Warriors track team worked wonders, with the volunteers readying and...
Read moreDetails19-year-old Alex Thomas Raftery has admitted causing £150,000 worth of damage by setting a fire which destroyed 3 barns on a farm in Ryde last year. Raftery, of Poole Lane in Bournemouth but previously from the Isle of Wight, appeared...
Read moreDetailsPaul White - Rookley A - Division 2. Photos: Toby Woolgar With just 3 games left to play in Division 2, Freshwater A continues to close the gap on Newport Vics A - but with a 15 point gap, Newport...
Read moreDetailsCouncillor Michael Lilley is putting forward an amendment to the Conservative's budget proposal to establish a £1million Isle of Wight Parish and Town Councils’ Green Deal Infrastructure and Working Together Investment Fund. This proposed fund is to provide 50% match...
Read moreDetailsOrganisers of the popular March of the Mods event will be aiming to break the world record for the world’s longest Nutty Ska Train dance, popularised by the band Madness, on Saturday 28th March. Its hoped up to 500 people...
Read moreDetailsAn Irish music concert will be held at Mountbatten in March - plus the hospice's latest exhibition is now live in the public art gallery. Donal O’Riain and Mark Hickman, from The Teetotallers, will perform at the John Cheverton Centre...
Read moreDetailsCross-Solent travel is once again being affected by wet and windy conditions in what seems to be a never-ending cycle of adverse weather. Hovertravel have announced that they have suspended their Ryde-Southsea service due to the stormy conditions. An update...
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