A new approach to planning enforcement will go before Isle of Wight Cabinet members this week. They will consider adopting a new planning enforcement strategy designed to make best use of the council's severely limited resources and increased workloads. Under...

UKSA has announced that it has received sponsorship from WightFibre to fund Year 6 children to undertake its Test the Water programme until 2026. The funds will enable all Year 6 Island children to participate in a free half-day watersports...

Several new traffic arrangements are being put in place to help ensure Walk the Wight participants are kept safe while disruption to motorists is minimised. For the past few months, Island Roads staff have been working with Walk the Wight...

Another Isle of Wight council has joined in with ‘No Mow May’. It is part of a national campaign to support biodiversity and wildlife, in which we are asked to let grass grow longer, to provide food for insects and bees....

2nd year BTEC students at Platform One are hosting an album launch night at Strings Bar and Venue in Newport on Wednesday. 'Dropped Live' is an album launch event that will see 4 bands on the music performance side playing...

Budding gardeners and green-fingered enthusiasts are invited to enter their pride and joy to Wight In Bloom this year. With greater emphasis placed on the benefits of being outside and the mental health gains from gardening, more and more of...

8 ladies took to the course at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club last Sunday (30th April) to contest The Royal Isle of Wight Medal. The Royal Isle of Wight Medal is played annually by the ladies of Shanklin and Sandown...

106A Monkton Street, Ryde 7 properties on the Island have gone under the auctioneer’s hammer in the latest Clive Emson Auction. A 1-bedroom ground floor flat, with a large private rear garden and on a 999-year lease from 1989, sold for...

Island Echo always welcomes letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor - 4th May 2023 "Please strictly consider the building of new homes on the...

Another 8 Isle of Wight organisations have been given a boost thanks to the latest round of donations from WightAID. Groups from a youth football team to a circus skills club have benefited as WightAID distributed nearly £6,000. Cowes Sailability...