The RSPCA is preparing for its busiest month of the year as it reveals that calls about wildlife from people in the South East of England peaked at more than 5,000 last June. The RSPCA received more than 204,974 calls...

Isle of Wight Festival 2019 The Isle of Wight Festival kicked off yesterday (Thursday) with Wet Wet Wet, Heather Small, James Walsh and Simply Dylan all performing on the Big Top stage. The gates to Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane...

The Isle of Wight Council have made a partial u-turn on cuts to the CCTV control room, which saw all 5 staff members axed last month. As previously reported by Island Echo, the Council decided to stop monitoring of the...

A number of new Parish Councillors have been elected in towns and villages across the Isle of Wight. The Green Party's Joe Lever won the Parish by-election in Newport West yesterday (Thursday) with 224 votes. He saw off Sam Pascoe...

P&O Cruises is to support 6 Hampshire athletes who will attempt to swim the coastline of the Isle of Wight this summer in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. Led by 46-year-old firefighter Peter Locke, the team will aim to complete...

Research Nurses at St Mary’s Hospital have been recognised for their outstanding collaborative working on research to support the National Bowel Screening Programme. Despite being the smallest team in the Wessex region, the Isle of Wight nurses managed to recruit...

Ventnor Coastguard Rescue Team and Cowes RNLI were involved in a search of the River Medina late last night (Thursday) over fears a tent had floated away with the tide. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Cowes' Atlantic 85 lifeboat...

Improvements have been made at an Isle of Wight care home, but more needs to be done for it to be rated ‘good’, according to a care watchdog. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its inspection of Carter Avenue,...

This page contains details of planning applications submitted to the Isle of Wight Council for which the consultation period commences on or after the Friday of publication. Each application can be looked up in detail at https://www.iow.gov.uk/planning/, quoting the application number....

PC Bartle and PD Chase at the scene of an RTC in 2017, where a driver was tracked and found to be injured in a field Police dog handler PC Kelly Bartle and her crime-fighting partner Chase, who together help...