It was an amazing day of celebration and surprises on Saturday when Hammie (Elizabeth) Tappenden was presented with the MBE by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant, Major General Sir Martin White KCVO CB CBE, at a special ceremony held at Porchfield Cricket...

A man who fell overboard from the Wightlink ferry as it pulled out of Portsmouth Harbour last week has been named as 58-year-old Alan Stafford. Mr Stafford, of Craneswater Park in Southsea, was found near Haslar Marina on Monday -...

The Isle of Wight's Wightlink Warriors and Wizards speedway teams will bring the curtain down on their 2018 seasons at The Andrew Younie Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde tonight (Thursday) with a bumper 22-race programme that will be supported by the...

Further key works to help remedy noise and vibration issues with Cowes Floating Bridge are being undertaken this month. Earlier this week composite mesh matting was fixed on the Cowes concrete slipway  before the installation of a ‘shoe’ follows next...

The organisation that plans and buys NHS health services on the Isle of Wight is welcoming a new interim managing director. Martin Wakeley has taken on the senior leadership role for the NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG),...

An unprepared sailor who broke down whilst 6 miles out to sea has been rescued by Yarmouth RNLI overnight. Shortly before midnight last night (Wednesday) Solent Coastguard requested the launch of Yarmouth’s All Weather Lifeboat to locate a lone sailor...

The driver of a car that has been left in an unrecognisable state following a serious crash at Blackgang last night (Tuesday) has been flown to Southampton General Hospital for surgery. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were...

Wightlink Deck Officer Steve Chamberlain, who jumped into freezing waters in Portsmouth Harbour to save a man’s life, will be awarded the UK’s top maritime honour for his bravery. He is one of 19 people who will receive the Merchant...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, has met with Island technology company Innovative Physics – the company responsible for bringing £15 million of investment to the Isle of Wight through their successful export business based around the use of artificial...

The importance of defibrillators in saving lives was brought home to the coxswain of the Bembridge lifeboat recently when he became involved in helping assist a man who had fallen in the street on the Isle of Wight. Guy Willing,...