66mph winds have been hitting The Needles over the past 12 hours, but the sun has finally shone through to reveal a sunny but blustery day across the Isle of Wight. IW Met Service has recorded gusts of 66mph at...

Parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities can make use of the council’s fully accessible holiday accommodation at a subsidised rate this year, as part of this year's Short Breaks programme for Summer 2019. Bookings are now...

Students from Ryde Academy's Sixth Form have been crowned Best Overall Company at the Young Enterprise Isle of Wight Showcase Area Final. The competition celebrated students who have set up and run a company over the academic year. Students have...

Bird Aware, a Solent-based partnership that helps to protect special birds such ringed plover and brent geese, attended the national Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) awards on Wednesday. The partnership, made up of 4 conservation groups and 15 local authorities,...

A large orange vessel that is hard aground on Ryde Sands has caught the attention of HM Coastguard this morning (Saturday). Island Echo understands that the 19m RIB-like vessel - which was recently sold after being used to rescue workers from...

The accidental deployment of a life raft led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat racing to the aid of a 40ft yacht on a wind-swept Solent this evening (Friday). As the yacht 'Thunderflash' wallowed beam-on to the Force 6/7 south-westerly off Egypt...

Off the back of their dominant win at Goodwood in February, Richard Weaver and co-driver James Pink will be taking to the rally stages once again this weekend. The Wight Rally Sport duo are entered in the Corbeau Seats Rally...

The Isle of Wight Foodbank provided a total of 5,067 emergency food parcels to local people between April 2018 and March 2019, official figures have revealed. Each emergency food parcel consists of 3 days' food. Of the staggering number handed...

WightSAR, the Isle of Wight’s volunteer search and rescue team, have welcomed a new vehicle into their fleet this month thanks to a £20,000 grant from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN). A specialist 4×4 vehicle has been purchased to...

The RSPCA received more than 50 calls about neglected, abandoned and stray exotic animals on the Isle of Wight last year, new figures show. The UK’s largest and oldest animal welfare charity has released its annual statistics this week, which...