Fears for a kayaker who left Ventnor beach and failed to return prompted a call out for Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team this afternoon (Friday). At 15:48, Solent Coastguard tasked Ventnor CRT to conduct a search between Bonchurch and Woody Bay....

Specialist collision investigators from the mainland are this evening (Friday) piecing together the circumstances of a collision near Cowes which has left a motorcyclist with life-threatening injuries. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to Nodes Road...

Enthusiastic gardeners came together for the Shanklin in Bloom presentation evening on Tuesday (10th September). The ceremony was held at the town's Royal British Legion club where Mayor Steve Knight presented garden vouchers and certificates to the prize winners. The...

The Isle of Wight Council has announced that the Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of service until the end of next week. It had been hoped that, following considerable progress to repair the prow and hinge mechanism on the...

Fresh from the success of Million Dollar Bash, the 1-day celebration to honour the 1969 Isle of Wight ‘Bob Dylan’ Festival, organisers All Wight Now have announced 'Experience 1970', a 2-day event to mark the ‘Last Great Event’, the historic...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has landed in Cowes this afternoon (Friday) to assist local paramedics with a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Nodes Road, close...

Older people with dementia will be supported in the community by a new NHS service, following a decision to close Shackleton Ward at St Mary's Hospital by Isle of Wight NHS Trust, supported by clinical commissioners. The Trust Board met...

Although we're only four games into the current Premier League campaign, plenty has already happened in the context of Arsenal's season. Sitting fifth with seven points from a possible 12, Unai Emery's side have had a decent start to the...

2 Wetherspoon pubs on the Isle of Wight have been acclaimed for the quality of their real ale – by branch members of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Both S. Fowler & Co. in Union Street, Ryde and The...

Motorists travelling between Cowes and Newport are facing disruption this lunchtime (Friday) as a result of a road traffic collision involving up to 4 vehicles. The incident has occurred at the bottom of the hill by the speed cameras on...