Wightlink is hoping to give Isle of Wight cats a purr-fect Christmas this year, thanks to an appeal organised by one of its employees. Customers are being encouraged to donate cat food which will be given to Nine Lives Cat...

The annual Visit Isle of Wight Tourism Conference gets underway next Wednesday (20th November). Hosted at Parkdean Resort’s Lower Hyde Holiday Park in Shanklin, this year’s conference will have dual themes around the importance of digital impact and accessibility in...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of service for essential maintenance on Sunday morning (17th November), it has been announced. Between 07:00 and 12 noon, the East Cowes to West Cowes crossing will not be running. This means that...

The list of candidates for next month’s General Election for the constituency of the Isle of Wight has been published. The election takes place on 12th December 2019 when polling stations across the Island will be open from 07:00 until...

91 postcode areas in the West Wight have lost power this morning (Friday) due to a high voltage network fault. At just before 07:25, electricity supply was lost to the PO40 and PO41 areas, namely parts of Freshwater and Yarmouth....

The winning numbers in this week’s IW Lottery draw (15th November) are: Amount (£) Number £1,000.00 12654 £100.00 15297 £100.00 14912 £100.00 10742 £100.00 3303 £100.00 297 £100.00 11693 £100.00 85 £100.00 1633 £100.00 15607 £100.00 14369

Leading challenger brand Utilita Energy has exclusively revealed the opening date of its Newport-based high street energy hub to the Island Echo. The hub, part of nationwide rollout which will see the Smart Pay As You Go Energy specialists open...

Photo: Rebel Marine A 40ft yacht which sank off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Monday has been raised and towed to Cowes this afternoon (Thursday). The vessel, with 3 Swiss men on board, snagged the anchor chain...

Jeannie Hunnybun (Deputy Manager of Waterside Pool) with Julie Wise and Jenny Harding from the Friends of Waterside Pool Waterside Community Trust’s latest investment of a newly refurbished All Access Changing Room, as part of the ongoing upgrading of Waterside...

You could argue that there’s no such thing as an unwelcome charitable donation.  Likewise, you could also say that all charity auctions are equally superb, given how they support good causes at home and abroad. In reality, however, not every...