The Boots Pharmacy located in Cowes Medical Centre has been sold and taken over by independent chain, Jhoots. The final day of operation at the Boots Pharmacy was Friday (8th March), with Jhoots set to take over imminently. Boots has...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has today (Monday) declared a critical incident across the acute and ambulance services to protect patient safety as the hospital and emergency department are full. Demand for emergency and urgent care is currently outstripping...

Ryde's Mountain Warehouse store is to close its doors for the final time at the end of the month. As previously reported by Island Echo, closing-down signs were erected and a subsequent sale launched in November last year. It was...

Priory School is celebrating its students' successes in the Speech and Drama section of the Isle of Wight Music, Dance and Drama Festival this week. The pupils took part in verse speaking, prose recital, solo acting and duologue classes and...

Martha Eggleton Freshwater Parish Council is holding a movie and music fundraising night in aid of the Freshwater Skatepark and Pump Track later this month. The event on 22nd March is to be held at the Memorial Hall in Freshwater....

Orchard House Care Home celebrated Mother's Day in style Sunday with a heart-warming event dedicated to honouring mothers. Residents and staff alike gathered for a special Mother's Day celebration, which featured live musical performances by the talented Double Take siblings....

A toaster fire saw crews from across the Island respond to the village of Wroxall over the weekend. Crews from Shanklin, Ventnor and Newport were called to an alarm sounding at a property on St Martins Road, at just after...

For 1950s-born women, International Women's Day 2024 was yet another day without justice, another year waiting to be compensated for the mismanagement of life-impacting State Pension age changes by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).  Since 2015 the Women...

Students and teachers planning to perform in this year's Isle of Wight Music, Dance and Drama Festival were let down, despite all their hard work, because of issues surrounding Child Performance Licences. The popular event is now in its 94th...

Motorists face travel disruption in Sandown this month as 2 busy roads are set to be upgraded from today (Monday) as part of Island Roads’ programme of out-of-season highway improvement work. Sections of Lake Hill and The Broadway in Sandown...