An innovative scheme to encourage Isle of Wight visitors to choose eco-friendly is continuing to prove a success. The key card scheme for accommodation providers is run by Visit Isle of Wight in conjunction with Southern Vectis. The scheme encourages...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is working with Police following the discovery of a male's body within the grounds of St Mary's Hospital in Newport last week. The body was found in non-suspicious circumstances outside a hospital building on...

There are an estimated 1 million cases of food poisoning in the UK every year, and without attention to food hygiene, this doesn’t stop during the festive season. To save your loved ones from a nasty bout of food poisoning...

9,615 new homes, 2 garden communities, over 8 miles of new cycle tracks and a dark skies park are all part of the Isle of Wight Council's local planning strategy for the coming years. The draft Island Planning Strategy –...

A 3-in-1 concert organised by the Island's very own Newchurch Male Voice Choir raised over £400 for Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat last month. Cor Meibion Llanellie Male Voice Choir from Wales performed alongside the Island’s female harmony singers Cantobelle...

TV legends, rule breakers and full time funk-sters Dick & Dom are to bring their very own family-friendly festival to the Isle of Wight next year. Taking place at the start of the national summer holidays expect a 'schools out', old school, new school,...

After a few games of fluctuating form, Ventnor 1XV went into this weekends game with a positive attitude and a determination to play the kind of rugby they all know they are capable of. As the mist passed the game...

Police across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are this December encouraging drivers to know ‘It’s Not Worth the Risk’ and to not drink alcohol and/or take drugs and get behind the wheel. Between now and 1st January officers will...

UPDATED: Hovertravel have suspended their cross-Solent service this morning (Monday) due to adverse weather conditions. Island Flyer has struggled to cross the Solent against a strong headwind, with the 09:00 from Southsea taking some 25 minutes to complete a single...

Island Echo readers can expect to see faster, more accurate weather reports for the Isle of Wight in the future thanks to a new partnership with IW Met Service. The great British weather is always a talking point amongst local communities...