UPDATED: In light of the current weather conditions, the organisers of Walk the Wight are making people aware that it is very windy across the whole of the Island and even more so in the West Wight and The Needles Finish...

The sun shone down on the Isle of Wight yesterday as 2,000 cyclists enjoyed the Islands beauty, albeit with an unusual diversion. Participants of the annual Isle of Wight Randonnee couldn't have asked for better as they cycled between 55...

The annual Isle of Wight Randonnee has had to be diverted due to the suspension of the Cowes floating Bridge, which is due to return to service next Wednesday (7th May). Essential maintenance on the aging vessel in dry dock...

A man from Cowes led Police on a 30-minute pursuit in the West Wight area on Saturday night, which led to stingers being deployed in a bid to stop the driver. As first reported by Island Echo, reports of a...

This week the Prime Minister, David Cameron confirmed that the £150m a year programme to support sport and PE in primary schools will remain in place until at least 2020, meaning that during the next financial year primary schools on the...

Two people have been rescued from a vehicle they were travelling in after it became stuck while trying to pass a ford in Carisbrooke in this morning (Thursday). Fire crews from Newport Fire Station were called to the scene at the...

UPDATED: A suspicious blue container has washed up on Shanklin seafront this morning (Thursday), prompting an emergency response. Firefighters from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service are in attendance alongside Police after the object, said to be around...

UPDATED: Residents in the rural areas of Whitwell and Niton are without power again this evening (Friday) following a network fault. Mirroring last night's power outage, which affected 1700 homes, properties in neighbouring Chale, Blackgang and Ventnor are also without...

Emergency services are this afternoon attending a road traffic collision on the A3055 Park Avenue in Ventnor. Island Echo understand a single-vehicle, driven by a woman, has collided with a flowerbed near to The Royal Hotel at the junction of...

Bomb disposal experts from Portsmouth were deployed to the Island today (Friday), only to discover the suspicious object discovered had been covered over by a landslip. The suspected ordnance, believed to be a hand grenade, was found by a member...