Southern Vectis is marking Mother’s Day by offering the Island’s youngsters the chance to take their mums on the bus for free. The local bus operator will provide complimentary travel for mothers travelling on Sunday 31st March - as long...

Pan Together, who run Downside Community Centre in Newport, have been successful in obtaining significant grant funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. The grant will help ensure that the centre can become sustainable and continue to provide its services...

Over 100 villagers attended a vocal and heated meeting at All Saints Primary School in the West Wight last night (Wednesday). Faced with Isle of Wight Council proposals to close the only school in the large village of Freshwater, residents...

Following several months of disruption Red Funnel's linkspan at Southampton has finally been fixed. A crew of 12 worked through the night on Saturday into the early hours of Sunday morning to rectify a problem which has caused significant delays...

Isle of Wight trials rider Chris Stay once again proved that he is one of the country's most improved riders with a brilliant win at the national Colmore cup trial held near Stratford-upon-Avon last weekend.   The trial was the...

A well respected doctor has this week been bestowed the Freedom of the Isle of Wight in recognition of his efforts in establishing the Island's first hospice. Dr Desmond Murphy was put forward for the unique honour by Cllr Michael...

A number of teenagers are understood to have been arrested by Police as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged assault in Newport yesterday (Wednesday). Officers on the Isle of Wight are piecing together exactly what happened in the...

The Cowes Floating Bridge has been pulled from service this morning (Thursday) due to a mechanical issue. A short while ago vehicles were forced to reverse off of the troubled Floating Bridge No.6 on the East Cowes side of the...

Cross-Solent travel is once again being hit by adverse weather conditions, but mechanical issues are also adding to the disruption today (Thursday). Hovertravel have been forced to suspend their Ryde to Southsea service until further notice as a result of...

A new commenting tool has been introduced to the Island Echo website today (Wednesday), replacing the previous Facebook-led system. In the past, readers have expressed their disappointment that they have been unable to comment on engaging stories on the Island Echo website...