The annual Cowes-based Small Ships Race, organised by Gosport charity the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO), will see more than half of the UK’s Sail Training vessels gather for a 1-day race around the Solent on Saturday (6th October)....

Islanders are being invited to join the Wight Diamonds Marching Band for a charity concert in aid of a local brain tumour charity later this month. The concert, which is taking place at Trinity Theatre in Cowes on Saturday 13th October,...

Boys J16 Coxed Four Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club took a large squad of 15 juniors, some making their competitive debuts for the club, to Itchen Imperial Rowing Club's Junior Regatta on Saturday (29th September). The races were carried out over a...

A 45-year-old man from Brading remains in Police custody this morning (Thursday) following an incident in Winford overnight during which Armed Police discharged their weapons. As first reported by Island Echo, shots were fired on the quiet residential street of...

Islanders are being warned about dense fog across the Isle of Wight this evening (Thursday) and throughout Friday, which could lead to travel disruption. IW Met Service have issued a yellow weather warning for fog from 21:00 tonight until 10:00...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is urging customers living and working in central southern England - including the Isle of Wight - to report damage and suspicious activity around its electricity network to help ensure the safety of the...

The final leg of an intrepid charity drive around the British Isles and Ireland by a motoring-mad couple was given a boost by ferry operator Wightlink recently. London-based couple James and Belinda Richardson have, since the end of August, been...

UPDATED: Christ the King College in Newport has dropped from being a 'Good' school to an 'Inadequate' school following a recent Ofsted inspection, the report for which has been published today (Thursday). The damning report has highlighted that the school’s...

UPDATED: 1 man has been detained and a gun has been recovered by Armed Police following a firearms incident in the sleepy hamlet of Winford this morning (Thursday). Local residents were awoken by shouting at around 02:00 with the chilling...

UPDATED: An Isle of Wight teenager is understood to be in a serious condition in Southampton General Hospital tonight (Wednesday) after allegedly consuming what has been described as a ‘rogue’ batch of drugs. At around 08:00 this morning the Isle...