Red Funnel will transport dozens of business leaders from across the South over to the Isle of Wight next week for a full slate of business networking designed to encourage cross-Solent partnerships in digital industries. The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)...

Police have released an e-fit image of a man they would like to speak to following a burglary in Newport. Shortly after 13:10 on Saturday 17th February, a 30-year-old man returned to his Fairlee Road home and saw a man...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (IWFRS) has issued some simple advice for Island homeowners to follow as a result of a spike in the number of chimney fires in recent months. Fire crews have been called out...

Multi-million pound funding to transform the UK’s coastal communities through investment in jobs, skills and local businesses has opened for bids this week. 500 new businesses supporting 5,500+ plus jobs have been created thanks to the Government’s Coastal Communities Fund...

Thanks to a £1,000 grant from WightAid, Independent Arts' Anxiety Café group can look to the future. Anxiety Café offers people living with anxiety a chance to try out a series of creative sessions to help manage their condition using...

Police officers investigating a burglary in Newport have released CCTV images of a man they would like to identify as part of ongoing enquiries. At some point between 07:45 and 08:00 on Sunday 18th February, more than £6,500 of Pandora...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of action tomorrow night (Tuesday) for planned maintenance. The cross-Medina service between East and West Cowes will not be running for a 12-hour period between 19:00 on Tuesday (27th February) and 07:00 on...

The main road connecting Shanklin and Ventnor will be closed from Wednesday to allow for repairs to a sewer. Island Roads are advising motorists that Church Road will be closed from Number 32 to just outside St Blasius Church in...

VIDEO: 43-year-old Richard Moore from Newport has been sentenced to 16 months in prison and given a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order after being caught trying to meet who he thought was a 12-year-old girl for sex. Moore was arrested...

Southern Vectis is advising customers to check social media and news outlets such as Island Echo for regular service updates this week, with snow forecast for the region.  As previously reported, snow is expected to fall across the Isle of...