Darren Toogood - Editor
Darren heads up Island Echo not only as Editor, but as Publisher and Founder too. He specialises in breaking news and has worked in the local news market for the past 15 years.
VIEWS SOUGHT ON QUALITY PRIORITIES FOR 2018/19
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is asking for your feedback in order to help determine which of the Trust-wide quality priorities for next year will feature in the Quality Account. Each year Isle of Wight NHS Trust is required...
Read moreDetailsCHILD HIT BY CAR IN RYDE
UPDATED: A child has been hit by a car on St John’s Hill in Ryde this morning (Friday). Police and paramedics are currently attending to the injured pedestrian close to the junction with Lower Highland Road. Emergency teams were called...
Read moreDetailsWIGHTLINK TO TAKE ON SOUTHERN VECTIS IN CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH
Footballers from Wightlink will be renewing the friendliest of rivalries with transport colleagues Southern Vectis at a charity football match next month. The match will take place at Seaview FC on Sunday 4th March (kick off 14:00) and will raise...
Read moreDetailsRED FUNNEL HAND OVER £55,000 CHEQUE TO HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE
Red Funnel has presented a cheque for £55,000 to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance - the culmination of all the fundraising efforts made by the company towards their Charity of the Year for 2017. Each year, Red Funnel...
Read moreDetailsUSE YOUR PHARMACY AND EASE PRESSURE ON ISLAND’S GPS
Dr Michele Legg Nearly 1,000 appointments at Isle of Wight GP practices each week may be taken up by people who could have gone to their pharmacy for help or advice. As part of a new national ‘Stay Well Pharmacy’...
Read moreDetailsNEW WEBSITE FOR GIRLGUIDES ON WORLD THINKING DAY
Girlguiding Isle of Wight have launched a brand new website today (Thursday) to coincide with the annual World Thinking Day. Created by the talented team at Solent Create, the new website should help everyone to access Girlguiding information both locally and...
Read moreDetailsSEELY BACKS BILL TO PROTECT THE PROTECTORS
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely will support a Bill to protect public servants after meeting with Island prison officers to hear their concerns over violence towards them. The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Private Members Bill is going through...
Read moreDetailsYOUNG SOPHIE WALKS TALL FOR HOSPITAL CHARITY
10-year-old Sophie Frost, who last October undertook a sponsored walk in aid of the Friends of St Mary’s Hospital, has presented a cheque to the charity for her efforts. The walk covered some 11 miles from her home in Lake...
Read moreDetailsSIGHTGUARD SECURITY LTD DIRECTOR ORDERED TO PAY £10,000
Victor Lewis, a director of Sightguard Security Ltd, has been ordered to pay over £10,000 following an order under the Proceeds of Crime Act (PoCA). The order is the result of the first independent confiscation order the Security Industry Authority...
Read moreDetailsSHAMUS TAKES ON THE ISLAND’S COASTLINE IN NEXT STAGE OF ‘GUMP AROUND THE UK’
Photo: Graham Reading Photography Shamus Westwood, a man who is walking 8,000 miles around the UK's coastline to raise money for children with terminal cancer, has arrived on the Isle of Wight. Shamus has had a tough time in recent...
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