Thousands of people will come together to Walk the Wight with Mountbatten on Sunday (13th May 2018) and organisers are urging all Islanders to get involved – whether walking on the day or by supporting those who are. The iconic...

With the mercury reaching a balmy 24c+ on the Isle of Wight, families have been heading to the seaside today (Monday) resulting in 2 separate missing children reports. The first call for help came in at around 13:00 when a...

The Isle of Wight could not deal with the firepower of the mighty English County Champions when they took on Hampshire at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club last month. After their victory at Trevose in October, the victorious team led...

Local charity Age UK Isle of Wight is bidding to bag a cash boost from Tesco’s ‘Bags of Help’ initiative, in order to offer free installation of Carbon Monoxide detectors into the homes of older, vulnerable islanders. Tesco has teamed...

It is exactly 3 months since Wightlink’s new environmentally friendly hybrid energy flagship Victoria of Wight was launched to cheers and applause from staff and shipyard workers at Cemre. Since the ferry went down the slipway in Yalova, Turkey, an...

UPDATED: Police on the Isle of Wight have launched an urgent appeal to find missing Shanklin man Kevin Davis. Mr Davis was last seen on Clarendon Road in the town at just before 20:15. Hampshire Constabulary say they are growing increasingly...

Crews from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have tonight (Sunday) attended a small oven fire at the home of a fellow firefighter whilst he was responding to a separate call out. 2 appliances from Newport and Sandown...

Firefighters from East Cowes and Newport are tackling a property fire at an address in East Cowes this evening (Sunday). The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to the scene at Princess Close shortly before 18:25, turning...

More than half of the tickets for this year’s Wightlink Ryde Slide, to be held on Sunday 22nd July, have been sold and the organisers are encouraging everyone to book their tickets soon. The Wightlink Ryde Slide is one of...

UPDATED: Passengers and vehicles are stuck at sea and traffic is becoming problematic as a result of a technical issue with Wightlink's Fishbourne-Portsmouth car ferry service this afternoon (Sunday). Island Echo is told that there is an issue with the hydraulics...