Care ‘traffic control’ centres to speed up discharge, extended ambulance hours and extra beds are part of wide-ranging plans to prepare for Winter across the South East. The robust new measures, announced by the NHS this week, will boost capacity...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and 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 applications...

Discount retailer Poundland is to move its Ryde premises up the High Street to the vacant M&Co later this year. The new premises - located less than 100m from the current Poundland - has been empty since M&Co closed in...

The Island's largest electric vehicle and green technology show will return to the Isle of Wight College this weekend (Sunday 30th July). After the highly successful inaugural event in 2022, which saw almost 1,000 people attend, it promises to be...

After last weekend's disappointment when bad weather forced the cancellation of Newport Carnival, Sandown is ready to get the Island’s 2023 carnival season started on Saturday.  The popular Sandown Children’s Parade takes place in the morning, with the spectacular Main...

Passengers on Hovertravel have been forced to walk across the sand at Ryde after it took Island Flyer over an hour to cross from Southsea today (Thursday). Island Echo understands that the 11:15 crossing from Southsea took around 60 minutes,...

The Floating bridge - which runs between Cowes and East Cowes - is to remain out of action throughout the whole of Cowes Week 2023, the Isle of Wight Council has confirmed. It has been over 10 days since the...

25-year-old Harrison Blake is to appear at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Thursday) charged with affray and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place. As previously reported by Island Echo, police were called at...

A 16-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of terror offences yesterday (Wednesday) has been bailed until October. As first reported by Island Echo, detectives and other specialist officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE), supported by Hampshire &...

Heartbreaking figures released by the RSPCA as part of its Cancel Out Cruelty campaign have revealed 32 cat cruelty complaints were made on the Isle of Wight last year. Nationally, last year, there were almost 18,000 cat cruelty complaints* reported...