The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has extended the deadline for residents and businesses to have their say on the kind of place they want the Solent area to be in the future. The Solent Local Industrial Strategy is a...

Ventnor Fringe has announced the first of a number of new venues for this year’s festival, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary from 23rd-28th July. Ventnor Park, to the west of the town centre, will have at its centre 'The Magpie',...

Hard Rock Cafe has announced that it will be returning to the Isle of Wight Festival 2019 for a sixth consecutive year. The iconic brand is excited to be partnering with the legendary festival once again in 2019 with the...

A man aboard an 18ft launch encountered, quite literally, bags of trouble late last night (Tuesday), and ended up requiring the assistance of Cowes RNLI lifeboat. Solent Coastguard received reports that the launch had fouled its propeller midstream in the...

The Friends of Shanklin Theatre completed the first of two 'Coast to Country Walks' on Sunday as part of the Isle of Wight Walking Festival 2019. There are around 100 walks to choose from across the 2 week festival this...

A new-look youth and community centre, hailed as a triumph for local voluntary enterprise by Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely, has been opened in Brading. The refurbished Brading Youth and Community Centre has been transformed through a campaign by...

The Isle of Wight Council are yet to issue housing benefit payments to thousands of Islanders, but officials say they will pay bank charges and write to the landlords of those affected. As first reported by Island Echo yesterday, around...

As part of its commitment to encourage people to be more at ease with death, dying and bereavement, Mountbatten is again supporting Dying Matters awareness week with the launch of a new podcast (13th-19th May 2019). Each year, the national...

Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian and a motorcycle on Wilton Road in Shanklin this morning (Wednesday). Police were called to the scene following reports of a collision involving a pedestrian at 08:05. The Isle...

Motorists and residents alike face up to another 4 years of resurfacing disruption despite the Island Roads Core Investment Period coming to an end in just 12 months' time. Up until now Islanders have been led to believe that virtually...