People are being told not to contact 999 this morning (Sunday) as a result of a 'technical issue'. An issue with the systems at BT has meant that a large portion of the United Kingdom - including here on the...

Early bird Islander tickets for the 2024 Isle of Wight Festival have sold out in record time, The Price is Wight has confirmed. Tickets for the 2024 iteration sold out in just over 24 hours since they were released on...

The Isle of Wight Council is reminding residents that it is their responsibility to dispose of waste correctly, even if they have paid someone else to take away the material. The warning comes after new figures reveal the council dealt...

A teenage boy has sadly died following a fatal motorcycle crash on the outskirts of Norton Green last night (Friday), prompting Police to launch an appeal for information. As first reported by Island Echo, Police, Paramedics and Fire Crews from...

Community and voluntary organisations, as well as town, parish and community councils, are being urged to apply for grants to help ease the cost of living in their local area. A total of £500,000 has been made available by the...

Bembridge RNLI were tasked to carry out a medivac from the Queen Mary 2 last night (Friday). RNLB Alfred Albert Williams (Tamar All-Weather Lifeboat 16-17) was launched at 19:20 yesterday evening (Friday 23rd June) at the request of UK (Solent)...

Photo Christopher Jackson There is once again a greengrocer in Ryde following the opening of The Vegetable Cart on High Street earlier this week. The owners of Mellish’s across the road, Mr and Mrs Dhaliwal, have taken over the premises...

The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Norton Green this evening (Friday). Emergency service personnel were called to the scene on the A3054 near the Pixley Hill...

The National Gallery’s Visits tour kicked off with a bang as over 2,500 Islanders flocked to see Constable’s ‘The Cornfield’ in Newport at the start of June. In partnership with the visiting exhibition, the Museum of Island History welcomed over...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is urging members of our rural and farming communities to be aware of a farm machinery fraud that has recently been brought to the attention of Police. The general circumstances centre on fake adverts...