A total of 21 teams took to the fairways for the annual Joint Captains’ Am-Am competition at Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club last week (Saturday 9th July). The competition allowed for the best 2 scores on each hole to count,...

Fire crews have been called to Wootton this lunchtime (Saturday) where a tree has fallen onto the roof of a car whilst the occupants were inside. The incident occurred at around 12:30 on Firestone Copse Road and has seen a...

The driver of a Vauxhall van that crashed - coming to rest on its roof - in the West Wight overnight, has sustained no injuries Police have confirmed. The incident occurred overnight (Friday into Saturday) on Afton Road in Freshwater...

A born and bred Islander, who raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity that helped her through her own experience, is celebrating 30 years of working for the local co-operative. Chris Boulton was 26 when she started working at...

Hovertravel services have been suspended this morning (Saturday) as a result of adverse weather. Gusty conditions on the Solent have forced the cross-Solent travel operator to suspend services between Ryde and Southsea until at least 12:00. A weather warning is...

Traffic orders that will pave the way for plans to revitalise and enhance Newport High Street were approved by senior Isle of Wight councillors earlier this week. The Newport High Street Heritage Action Zone improvement scheme aims to attract more...

Royal Mail has slashed the opening hours for their Ryde sorting office again. As previously reported by Island Echo back in August 2022, Royal Mail reduced opening hours at the Nicholson Road site from 50 hours a week to 30....

Thousands of Ryde residents look set to lose their local GP as it is revealed that Argyll House Surgery is to close its doors. The surgery - based on Arygll Street - has out of the blue handed in its contract to...

The Love Running Tuesday Nighters - a Newport-based running group - celebrated their 11th birthday last week. Last week (4th July) a 58-strong group of hardy runners braved the elements and relocated from Newport to the green in Gurnard, to...

Every Wednesday residents at Vecta House Care Home enjoy a minibus outing to various locations on Isle Of Wight, their latest being to Monkey Haven. At the Newport-based sanctuary, residents saw a number of different primates, owls, reptiles and meerkat’s...