The Isle of Wight Foodbank has asked local people to check what donations are most needed on the Island this summer, following the revelation of new figures by anti-poverty charity, The Trussell Trust. The Trussell Trust’s network of over 420...

A 2-year-old child locked inside a car has been freed with the assistance of firefighters in the West Wight this afternoon (Friday). Freshwater Fire Station were mobilised to Fort Victoria Country Park near Yarmouth at just before 12:30 when the...

MP Bob Seely has hosted environment minister Therese Coffey to discuss proposed Marine Conservation Zones on the Island with interested organisations. A 75km square site at Bembridge and a 16km square stretch from Yarmouth to Cowes are part of Department...

Cowes Sports FC kick of their new Sydenhams Wessex Premier League season on Saturday (4th August) at home to Hamworthy United. The Yachtsmen's manager Steve Hunt - a former Coventry City winger and England international - is likely to show...

Police are appealing for witnesses to yesterday's serious collision in Wootton in which a 90-year-old woman was run over. As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called shortly before 16:30 to reports of a collision involving a BMW...

Members of the Neighbourhood Policing Team in Ryde are adopting 2 Post Office’s in the town. On Tuesday 7th August members of Ryde’s Neighbourhood Policing Team will be available to speak to the public at McColl’s on Union Street between...

A tonometer to measure eye pressure in the Eye Department of St Mary’s Hospital promises to make discomfort and stress more a thing of the past.  The £2,395 tonometer has been purchased for the department by the Friends of St...

UPDATED: Emergency services are attending a road traffic collision on Forest Road in Newport this morning (Friday). The incident has occurred near to Snows BMW on the main road to the West Wight - which has been closed in both...

Over 100 local residents packed into Niton Village Hall on Saturday (28th July) to discuss the possibility of re-opening Undercliff Drive to all traffic. The meeting was prompted by an event in Spring 2018 - 4 years on from the...

The real wreck, as photographed by divers Whilst all eyes are focused on the Solent this week for Cowes Week 2018, for the first time the non-diving public can explore under the Solent and enjoy the fascinating protected historic wreck...