The Isle of Wight Hedgerow Group has announced that the 2023 Isle of Wight Hedgelaying competition is going ahead after a 2-year hiatus.  The 28th Annual Hedgelaying Competition will be held on 25th February 2023 from 10:00 until 16:00 at...

Firefighters extinguished a barn ablaze on a rural road in Wootton yesterday morning (Saturday), but both firefighters and the landowner are unsure as to how exactly the fire started. The incident occurred at Blackberry Farm on Upper Woodside Road shortly...

An East Cowes resident is asking for the help of their fellow community members in finding out who has been setting fire to numerous vans in the town over the last 3 months, with the suspect still at large. A...

One of the Isle of Wight's favourite campsites Retro Staycations has partnered up with the cool guys at American School Bus Glamping to site a Big Yellow School Bus for 2023. Based at Hazelgrove Farm on Ashey Road in Ryde,...

Would you like to own an image of the Gruffalo, drawn and signed by its creator, Axel Scheffler? If so, then organisers of the IW Story Festival, taking place this February half term, are giving you the chance.  With less...

Firefighters from Newport extinguished a blaze that had broke out in a vehicle on a main road between Carisbrooke and Shorwell this afternoon (Saturday). A single fire appliance from Newport was mobilised to the scene on Bowcombe Road at around...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight’s Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones backs the government's Public Order Bill which will give police officers more powers to deal with protesters.  She wants police to have increased stop and search powers and use...

No arrests have yet been made after an assault in Ryde earlier this morning (Saturday) saw a man taken to St Mary's Hospital and a cordon erected in the heart of the town. As previously reported by Island Echo, officers...

The Island Sailing Club (ISC) has announced that entries are now open for the 2023 edition of Britain’s Favourite Yacht Race, the Round the Island Race, which is being held on Saturday 1st July 2023. The annual Round the Island...

Pub powerhouse Stonegate, which owns brands such as Slug and Lettuce here on the Island, is looking to sell 1,000 of its establishments.  It is believed that the firm has amassed a whopping £2.6billion in debt and by closing 1,000...