Members of Ryde Swimming Club have been presented with the haul of medals attained at the Isle of Wight Club Championships, where swimmers from Ryde, Seaclose and West Wight competed against one another. Ryde's swimmers attained over 100 medals overall,...

Isle of Wight author Jo Cooper is celebrating selling the 1,000th copy of her book 'A Red Sky' at a recent Christmas fair. It was on Saturday 21st December, at Ventnor's Baptist Church Xmas Fair, that the milestone was reached....

The Isle of Wight Council’s housing service has teamed up with local firm Workwear Island to support the homeless this Christmas, with a donation of hoodies. Ellie Moore is the owner of Workwear Island, a printing service that provides bespoke...

There is still time to vote for your favourite Isle of Wight Christmas lights display as part of this year's Light up the Wight competition - brought to you by Island Echo and Southern Vectis. Throughout the month of December,...

The Isle of Wight Round Table has been spreading Christmas cheer to thousands of Islanders once again this year, raising over £4,000 for charity in the process. For the 4th year in a row, Father Christmas has been chauffeured around...

The Salvation Army was given a festive boost earlier this month, to help it ease hunger and poverty across the Isle of Wight - thanks to a donation by Southern Vectis. In the run-up to Christmas, The Salvation Army had...

30-year-old Sabiane Grant, a Team Manager at Co-op in Ryde, has successfully completed the iconic trek to Everest Base Camp, raising over £6,000 for Barnardo’s in partnership with Co-op.   Co-op colleagues, members and customers are raising £5million to support the...

Firefighters from Ventnor, Shanklin and Sandown are tackling a small flat fire above the Tesco Express shop in Ventnor Town Centre tonight (Friday). Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service mobilised 3 retained crews to the scene on...

The promenade at Totland Bay, which links the Waterfront Restaurant and Widdick Chine, has now reopened - just in time for those festive walks. The footpath was originally closed for safety, due to some substantial voids in the sea defence...

A teaching assistant from the Isle of Wight handed over a cash donation to the Children's Ward at St Mary's Hospital in the days before Christmas. 34-year-old Jamie Hindson, who works at St George’s School, put £10 aside each month...