Police were called to an incident involving hunters and hunt saboteurs in Gatcombe yesterday morning (Saturday). At around 08:20 Police were called after reports of a confrontation between 2 groups of people near St Olave's Church in the village. Hunt...

Portrait of Ivan Turgenev A long-standing walking tour that explores a former colony of Russian writers, revolutionaries and dissidents in Ventnor has soared in popularity this season. ‘Ventnor: Cradle of the Russian Revolution’ made its debut at the Ventnor Fringe...

Dame Donna Langley, Chairman of Universal Pictures and former resident of the Isle of Wight, has said in an interview that she wants to send Hollywood A-lister Tom Cruise into space and film him doing a spacewalk. The out-of-this-world idea,...

A Southern Vectis bus has somehow ended up sideways across a main road in Seaview this evening (Saturday). The Route 8 was serving the East Wight when, during the course of performing a 3-point turn, it grounded out on a...

Island Echo always welcome letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor - 30th September 2022 "Wednesday the 21st of September saw the third meet-up of...

Local homecare provider Right at Home Isle of Wight is celebrating after picking up the Community Impact at the network’s Celebration Awards. The annual awards took place at the national franchise’s prestigious ceremony on Thursday 28th September, at Hilton St...

'They are absolutely killing Sandown' - those are the words of 1 local resident who has caught wind of plans by Two Saints to create a house in multiple occupation (HMO) on Avenue Road in the town. Builders have apparently...

It was 10 weeks ago on Monday that the works to replace a stone wall on Queens Road in Ryde got underway, bringing about significant traffic congestion. But it looks as though the re-opening of the road is still a...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue service are in attendance at GKN Aerospace in East Cowes this afternoon (Friday), where smoke has been sighted.  3 appliances from Newport and Ryde have been mobilised to GKN Falcon Yard on...

Following the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Ryde Town Council and the University of Portsmouth, it has been announced that a round of business support programmes are being launched that will benefit businesses and communities across the...