Bembridge RNLI Lifeboat Station at Lane End, Bembridge will be the centre of attention at the station’s annual Open Day on Saturday 17th August. Visitors will be welcomed between 11:00-16:30 to view both the inshore and all-weather lifeboats at close...

Cowes-based Vectis Refrigeration has attained Refcom Elite F Gas Certification, the first company on the Isle of Wight to do so. F Gas registration is a legal requirement for those carrying out installation, maintenance or servicing of equipment containing F...

Katie Rapson from ORCA Experts from ORCA were on board Wightlink’s flagship Victoria of Wight last weekend scanning the Solent for signs of cetaceans - the collective name for whales, dolphins and porpoises. It was the fifth year the ferry...

Guide Dogs are hosting a free event for children living with sight loss on the Isle of Wight. Families are being invited to join the charity on Saturday 14th September to watch assistive technology demos and find out about technology...

Police and paramedics are attending a road traffic collision on St Mary's Roundabout in Newport this afternoon (Monday). The incident has taken place on the Dodnor side of the busy roundabout, which has been partially closed by Police. Island Echo...

Austin Smith Ryde Rowing Club had their best set of results of the season to date at the Woolston Regatta at Weston Shore, Southampton on Saturday (3rd August). The Wightlink-sponsored club sercured 4 wins and 2 second places in the...

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The bike has now been found. The owner of a Triumph motorcycle has taken to Facebook in a bid to locate her bike, which is said to have been stolen from a car park in Newport today (Monday). Carly Sanders...

Folk-rock legend Richard Thompson has spoken about returning to play at the Isle of Wight for the first time in more than half a century after he helped launch the very fist Isle of Wight Festival in 1968. Thompson, who...

Isle of Wight Radio is celebrating being the most listened to radio station that broadcasts to the Isle of Wight, including all national BBC stations and larger commercial stations such as Wave 105, Heart and Capital. According to the newest...