As the Island prepares to welcome thousands of festival revellers, the official Isle of Wight Festival 2019 traffic plan has been released. The Isle of Wight Council, Island Roads and Hampshire Constabulary are once again working closely with the organisers...

Thousands of people will pay their respects in Southsea today (Wednesday) as part of the national D-Day 75 commemorations. Island Echo has all the finalised details on the much-anticipated fly past of RAF aircraft, as well as the departure of...

The Isle of Wight Council is raising awareness of child employment legislation to ensure children engaged in part-time employment do so legally and safely. The council issues an average of 120 child employment permits a year, to young people across...

BCM, the Island's rural property specialist, has announced that Thomas Dawson has joined the firm as a Rural Property Consultant at their Newport offices. An important appointment and valuable role in which he will assist partners James Attrill and David...

Dean & Reddyhoff and Quay Marinas have announced that they have signed contracts to merge their businesses, which involves the takeover of East Cowes Marina. The deal is expected to complete in the next 3 months and the combined business...

The Royal Victoria Arcade in Ryde – nearly 200 years old and one of the Isle of Wight’s most stunning buildings – is up for sale for £750,000 amid fears its future could be in doubt. One of Britain’s earliest...

Over 114 postcodes in the Ryde and Bembridge areas have been hit by a power cut this afternoon (Tuesday).  Lights started flickering in homes and businesses at just before 14:00. Now, Southern and Scottish Electricity Networks have confirmed that customers in...

Motorists will find extra parking in Newport town centre thanks to the expiry of an old lease. 10 additional long stay parking bays are now available in Medina Avenue car park, run by the Isle of Wight Council. When the...

Wightlink’s overnight FastCat service on summer weekends began on Saturday (1st June) with more than 30 customers travelling on the first crossing after midnight from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head. The summer service of 4 round-trip sailings on Friday...

With just 1 week left on the supplementary West Wight school places consultation, more than 420 responses have already been received. People have until 11th June 2019 to have their say on an alternative preferred option to manage falling pupil...