Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a crash on the outskirts of Newport last night (Sunday). As previously reported by Island Echo, officers were called at 21:55 after they received reports of a collision...

Schoolchildren on the Isle of Wight have been praised for their outstanding and creative efforts to support Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary’s winter drink drive campaign. Between 7th November and 29th November, The Ryde Neighbourhoods Policing Team (NPT) ran...

Cowes Enterprise College was pleased to welcome the representatives from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation to showcase the academy’s careers curriculum. Colleagues from Gatsby, a charitable foundation that created careers benchmarks as a framework to guide careers programmes within schools, were...

This week, there will be further changes across the St Mary’s Hospital site as works to build the hospital's new emergency care floor get underway. Work on the emergency floor will see the co-locating of the existing emergency department, urgent...

Residents across the Isle of Wight are being encouraged to help look after their waste and recycling collection crew through the winter months.  The request comes following the Isle of Wight Council's recent road safety campaign. Natasha Dix, the council’s...

Police are in attendance at a road traffic incident on Long Lane in Newport this evening (Sunday) that has forced the closure of the road. The incident occurred at around 22:30 and has seen a vehicle crash somewhere along the...

Hovertravel services have been cancelled this afternoon (Sunday) as a result of adverse weather. Heavy rain and wind are causing the disruption on the cross-Solent service between Ryde and Southsea. An update on whether services can resume is expected at...

Local community radio station, Vectis Radio, has announced that they are to hold their very first Isle of Wight Community Awards. Taking place on Friday 31st March, the Community Radio Station is offering a chance for all island-based community organisations...

Every family that has a child at Oakfield CE Primary School in Ryde received a £50 supermarket gift card earlier this week.  The school on Appley Lane, applied for a grant that was issued as part of the Household Support...

Fire crews from Newport and Shanklin attended a kitchen fire at a house in Ryde this evening (Saturday). Firefighters, police and an ambulance crew attended the scene on Arthur Street after a fire was reported just before 20:00 Crews from...