Shoreside Lettings, a new agency specialising in providing holiday rental properties in and around Cowes, has opened its doors for business. With a wealth of events taking place throughout the year, both on and off the water, Shoreside Lettings will...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club finished their 2019 season on a high at the South Coast Championships in Dartmouth on 14th September. The Men’s Junior Four of George Glenister, Jamie Gamble, Riley Horrix, Ethan Walters and Emily Faithfull (cox) secured a...

Forecasters at the IW Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain across the Isle of Wight tomorrow (Sunday). Heavy showers will develop overnight tonight which could bring up to 10mm of rainfall locally, followed by an...

A 49-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing on the Isle of Wight last night (Friday). As first reported by Island Echo, Police rushed to an address on Winton Street in Ryde at around...

The townspeople of Shanklin are celebrating success in the South East in Bloom Awards, receiving not only a coastal community award but a silver gilt award overall too. The judges highlighted the contribution made by Shanklin Green Town Volunteers, the...

Police patrolling the streets of the Isle of Wight have tonight (Friday) seized a vehicle which has been without an MOT or tax for over 3 years. The blue Kia Sportage was pulled over by officers on Briddlesford Road, near...

Multiple Police officers have descended on an address on Winton Street in Ryde this evening (Friday) - the third time in as many weeks. 5 Police vehicles are currently attending an incident alongside an Isle of Wight Ambulance crew and...

Letters sent out by the Isle of Wight Council to a number of households across the Island have mistakenly contained the personal information of other people including full names, addresses, monies owed and council tax reference numbers, Island Echo can...

The crew from RPL Construction, modelling 80s style mullets, got down to some serious training this week in readiness tomorrow's Isle of Wight Day Human Table Football challenge at Carisbrooke Castle. Human Table Football requires players to grip the bar...

2 cross-Solent ferry operators have been forced to cancel sailings to and from the Isle of Wight today (Friday). Mechanical issues with one of Wightlink's Yarmouth-Lymington ferries means the 17:00 sailing from Lymington and the 18:05 return from Yarmouth have...