Magistrates have issued an arrest warrant for 62-year-old Paula Skelly, who is accused of arson, after she failed to appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this morning (Friday). As first reported by Island Echo yesterday, Miss Skelly of...

UPDATED: Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has once again written to Wightlink's Chief Executive, this time quizzing the company over why they have not paid corporation tax in this country despite racking up a profit of almost £22million last...

The Isle of Wight has been recognised for offering some of the best experiences in the South East. The Beautiful South Awards - organised by Tourism South East - celebrated the best the region has to offer visitors at an...

UPDATED: Park Road in Wootton has been closed for emergency tree maintenance works this morning (Friday). Island Roads say that the cut-through road has been closed for its entire length between Lushington Hill and Whiterails Road (Briddlesford roundabout). High winds...

Online voting has now opened for the public to choose which local charity will become Red Funnel’s Charity of the Year 2019. Red Funnel staff have already had their say and shortlisted 3 worthy candidates from more than 50 applicants....

Firefighters from Ryde and Shanklin have responded to a commercial premises in Sandown this morning (Friday). 2 appliances and an officer were mobilised to Charles’s Angels salon on the High Street at around 09:55 over fears of a fire within...

People across the Isle of Wight are enjoying a unique festive tradition - thanks to Southern Vectis.  The bus operator is once again offering its annual Christmas Lights Tour - taking passengers on open top buses to see the Island’s...

Mainland firefighters are still being relied upon to ensure there is a safe level of fire cover on the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight Council have confirmed that an appliance from the mainland was transported across the Solent...

Although the adverse weather conditions are causing disruption to cross-Solent travel, it is technical gremlins that have resulted in the cancellation of a number of Wightlink sailings on the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route this morning (Friday). Wightlink say the 08:30 sailing from...

3 footbridges have been upgraded by Island Roads as part of ongoing work to improve the local rights of way network. The B252 Shide Path footbridge and the B306 footbridge at Sandy Lane – both of which are part of...