Earlier this week we launched a survey to gain the views of Island Echo readers and, as a result, some immediate changes have been made to the comments section of the website. Last year we introduced a brand new comments...

Wightlink is running a revised timetable on their Fishbourne-Portsmouth route for the next month, it has been announced. Due to the annual maintenance and refit programme of the cross-Solent operator's ships, a temporary timetable will be in operation from today...

3 men have been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences following a pursuit which came to an end on a country lane in Wroxall late last night (Wednesday). As first reported by Island Echo, the National Police Air Service helicopter...

Local training provider, Aspire Training Team, has presented 6 apprentices across the Isle of Wight with Greta Thunberg’s latest book 'No one is too small to make a difference' as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2020. Aspire Training Team is...

The cleaning of tourist beaches across the Isle of Wight looks set to be cut from daily to weekly under the council's budget proposals, but the current arrangements at Ryde are set to remain. Budget proposals for 2020/21 were published...

The pursuit of a vehicle by Police has come to an end on a remote country lane in Wroxall tonight (Wednesday) - with the National Police Air Service helicopter called in to assist in locating a number of individuals. The...

A car has collided with a telegraph pole and rolled into a field near Thorness tonight (Wednesday). Emergency services are currently on scene at the top of Rolls Hill Road between Northwood and Thorness on the main road that connects...

The Isle of Wight Council is proposing to introduce all-year-round parking charges on Esplanades across the Island, as well as increasing the cost of on-street, car park and permit parking. Under the budget proposals for 2020/21, motorists will have to...

From accidents off the rugged cliffs of the Isle of Wight coast to casualties in the waves of the English Channel, drones could be used in the future to help save lives across the UK. A new project will investigate...

The Needles Coastguard Rescue Team and Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat were tasked to reports of a woman in the water at Colwell Bay this lunchtime (Wednesday). Solent Coastguard requested the search and rescue resources to proceed to the West Wight beach...