With temperatures expected to hit 30c across the Isle of Wight this weekend and things hotting up once again today (Friday) also, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust have issued a number of top tips to help keep Islanders cool...

Natasha Lambert BEM, a multi award winning adventurer with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, will be taking on the world's best sailors this weekend and proving that disability is no barrier on the water as she competes in the 50 mile Round...

A hedge fire in Shanklin brought Island Line trains to a stand still last night (Thursday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to the County Ground at Green Lane at just before 20:30 following reports of...

UPDATED: 2 lifeboats and a Coastguard team are currently involved in a rescue operation at Culver Cliff near Sandown. Island Echo understands 2 people have become stuck at the rocky foot of the cliff. Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat, Bembridge...

UPDATED: Human remains have been discovered by a member of the public in Wootton Bridge today (Thursday). Police were alerted to the discovery on a currently unidentified stretch of beach at just before 10:40. Officers arrived at the scene to...

UPDATED: Parents on the Isle of Wight have been hit with the news that the cost of sending their children to school via the 'privilege seat scheme' will now cost an additional £105 a year - an increase of over...

Volunteers from Island Roads have helped a community project to improve access to Chillerton Village Hall. Under Island Roads’ volunteering programme in which staff are encouraged to take two paid days a year to assist local community projects, an Island...

Members of the Ryde branch of The Royal British Legion are to join thousands on a pilgrimage of Remembrance to World War One battlefield that culminates in a parade and ceremony in Ypres as part of the end of the...

2017's Ladies Day winner / Photo: Suzanne Whitewood Lendy, title sponsor of the world's best-known sailing regatta, Cowes, Week have put their support behind Ladies Day plans for 2018. In the year marking 100 years since women were given the...

Quarr Abbey is hosting a Summer Show, featuring a collection of unique and distinctive handmade, hand-carved studio ceramics and complementary textured wall art until Tuesday (10th July). This is an opportunity to view local artist Andrew Dowden's work and buy directly...