The catering department at St Mary's Hospital in Newport has scored 4 out of 5 stars following a re-inspection of facilities just weeks after a shock health rating. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Food Standards Agency listed St...

Yarmouth CE Primary School will relocate to the All Saints Primary School site in Freshwater from September 2021, it has been announced. At an extraordinary meeting last night (Monday), the Governing Body of the Federation of Shalfleet and Yarmouth Church...

All Red Funnel services between the Isle of Wight and Southampton have been suspended until further notice due to the adverse weather conditions on the Solent this afternoon (Tuesday). The cross-Solent operator has confirmed that both the vehicle ferry from...

Ventnor put in an excellent performance and started the new decade in style during Saturday's match against Gosport & Fareham at home. From the first whistle, Ventnor were on the front foot, putting together phase after phase with Louis Malkin’s...

Locks Green Road, from its junction with Colemans Lane for a distance of approximately 785 metres in an westerly direction, has been closed this afternoon (Tuesday) due to a fallen tree. The diversion will be signposted locally. Reasonable facilities will be provided to...

39-year-old Jamie Mobley has been sent to prison for a period of 15 months following a crash in Upper Ventnor back in November. Mobley, of no fixed abode, was driving a stolen VW Golf along Newport Road on the evening...

54-year-old David Rumalshah has been charged with arson following a bedroom fire at Travelodge in Newport at the weekend. Police have been investigating the circumstances of the incident, which saw multiple fire crews rush to Lugley Street on Sunday afternoon....

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the Isle of Wight coast as Gale Force 8, Southerly winds and large waves are set to batter the Island. Wednesday's early morning tide at 02:07 is expected to be higher...

Police have released an e-fit image of a man they wish to speak to as part of an investigation into a hotel burglary in Sandown. The incident took place between 03:00 and 03:50 on 27th October 2019, when 3 people...

The chair of Bembridge Harbour Trust, Jeremy Gully, has said that a sandbank could develop right in the middle of the harbour within as little as 15 years if the siltation continues at its current rate. Dredging is promised to...