The Isle of Wight’s first drive-in Christmas cinema will take place at the beginning of December, in aid of Wessex Cancer Trust’s Building for the Future appeal. Tickets have today (Friday) gone on sale for Drive-in Films for Christmas, which...

UPDATED: A technical issue with Wightlink's St Clare ferry is resulting in disruption to the Fishbourne-Portsmouth route this afternoon (Friday). Island Echo understands the vessel has failed to depart the Fishbourne terminal as expected. Wightlink are advising that customers may...

People who have a learning disability can be more susceptible to the effects of flu and at increased risk of developing complications such as bronchitis or pneumonia. GP practices and community pharmacies have started their annual pre-winter programme of carrying...

UPDATED: 4 men have been arrested as part of an investigation into an assault in the middle of Newport town yesterday afternoon (Thursday). At around 16:00, Police were called to the Bowling Green Lane area near the bus station following...

UPDATED: Strong winds and rough seas have resulted in the suspension of Hovertravel's cross-Solent service this morning (Friday). The decision has been made to halt all crossings between Ryde and Southsea as a result of the adverse conditions. It is...

A field team from the Environment Agency have been working hard to help project homes and businesses in Brading and Sandown. Work has been undertaken this week to clean Budbridge Weir on the Eastern Yar near Merstone. Maintaining the weir ensures accurate...

The gardening gloves are back on at an Isle of Wight nursery after a donation of £1,500 helped the team purchase tools which were stolen from its outbuildings. Southern Co-op retail and funeral care colleagues were upset to hear that...

Due to expected high winds on the Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry route, Wightlink have taken the decision to run an adjusted timetable all day today (Friday). For most of the day a 2-hourly service will be in operation from both...

Work by Island Roads to replace 2 well-used footbridges at St Helens Duver has been given the local seal of approval. Isle of Wight Council ward member for Brading, St Helens and Bembridge, Councillor Michael Murwill, and St Helens Parish...

Welcome to this new, weekly feature concerning planning applications on the Isle of Wight. Each Friday we will be publishing a round-up of the latest planning applications to be submitted. This page contains details of planning applications submitted to the Isle...