The count to find out who will be the next Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Hampshire & Isle of Wight is underway this morning (Friday). Ballot boxes from across the Island are being opened and counted at Medina Leisure...

Retired couple Michael and Christine Cooper have been displaced from their Nicholas Close bungalow in Brading for some 18 months, with a date on when they can return still unknown. It was back in November 2023 that Island Echo visited...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the...

Clinical negligence and personal injury law firm Harris Fowler has announced that the Isle of Wight's Lisa Hendy has joined their already well-established local team as a Legal Assistant. Deborah Wagstaff heads up the Island team and is assisted by...

The Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of service for some 6 hours tomorrow, the Isle of Wight Council has announced. During routine maintenance work undertaken recently, an issue was detected with the vessel's east prow ram which has been...

Delays are being experienced on a main road in Cowes this lunchtime (Thursday) as a result of a minor road traffic collision. A Citroen Berlingo and a Ford Focus have collided on Mill Hill Road near the junction with Victoria...

A fundraising quiz evening in aid of the Vectis Radio 4Ps Training School Charity was held at Newclose Cricket Club on Friday 19th April. The evening, which was sold out and had a waiting list, was one in a series...

Sandown's The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, is embarking on another ambitious animal rescue, this time of 2 European Brown Bears, Benji and Balu, from Azerbaijan. These ‘restaurant bears’, have spent their life illegally imprisoned in a cage on the side of...

Chief Scout Bear Grylls honoured Chillerton resident Ginny Treadgold at a special event at Windsor Castle last week (21st April). The Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, Andrew Try, joined Bear Grylls in congratulating Ginny on achieving the highest award in Scouting...

Husband and wife team Victoria and Lee Murphy have set out their plans to take forward Whippingham's The Folly Inn, with their ambitious plans set to get underway this Thursday. Victoria, who started her hospitality career in Malta, brings plenty...