Courses funded by the Government, teaching skills like chainsaw maintenance, coppicing, woodland management and marketing and selling timber, are now available.  The Forestry Training Fund is for people considering a change of career or those who are seeking to build...

Later this month Michelin star chef Michel Roux Jr will be cooking up a storm at Heron in Ryde. Roux Jr will be creating an entire, bespoke, speciality menu for guests to enjoy at Heron on the 24th and 25th...

5 Island locations have been listed among the 10 worst in the UK for Combined Sewers Overflows (CSO), new data has confirmed. Throughout 2022 a total of 1,579 spills were deposited into the sea on the Island with almost 33%...

After 3 successive years of moderate increases and even 1 decrease, Newport & Carisbrooke residents from April will have their Community Council precept frozen in recognition of the cost of living crisis so many are facing. At Monday's Budget Council,...

Lloyds Pharmacy located within Sainsbury’s supermarket in Newport is to close for the last time on 25th July 2023. As previously reported by Island Echo, the company is shutting all of its 237 in-store branches this year in response to...

Local charities and good causes are invited to apply for a share of £80,000 from the Isle of Wight Foundation. Grants of between £3,000 and £16,000 are available for projects involved in helping build better communities or supporting people to...

Visit Isle of Wight has been recognised with a Silver Award in the annual Green Impact Award, coordinated by SOS-UK and supported by the Isle of Wight Council. The Green Impact Award consists of a range of criteria to help...

The occupants of a car that careered off the road ending up in a field off The Downs have somehow managed to escape the wreckage with their lives. The apparent single vehicle incident occurred somewhen overnight and has seen a...

Hullabaloo - a popular community event - that is held in Sandown, has announced that they are to take a break this year with it hoped the event can return in 2024. Free to attend and hosted at Browns Golf...

The former Gaiety Amusement Arcade on Ventnor Esplanade, which was destroyed by fire back in June, has begun its restoration journey. As previously reported by Island Echo, back on 7th June fire crews from Shanklin, Ventnor, Sandown, Ryde, Newport, Cowes,...