It's been getting slightly fresher recently but there's still plenty of good weather to go around, with Autumnal sunshine beginning to feature in this week's Island Echo Readers' Gallery. Grange Chine Grange Chine ~ Photo credit Igor Wawrzyniak Late flower...

Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) are set to begin a complex programme of vital maintenance and improvements on Ryde Pier, to keep trains on the Isle of Wight running long into the future. In a line closure between...

Fire crews from 2 Island towns are tackling a fire within a prison cell at HMP Isle of Wight. 3 appliances, 1 from Ryde and 1 from Newport were dispatched at 16:04, and are currently in attendance at the scene...

Island Roads is again reminding landowners of what they need to do to prevent highway flooding, following recent flash flooding in places like Arreton. The advice, issued every year, comes after those recent events in Arreton when rainwater from adjoining...

An Isle of Wight photographer has seen his photo make the final of The British Photography Awards.  David Rutherford or 'Day' as he's known, is a music and portrait photographer from the Island and has been taking photos since he...

Sandown Bay’s spectacular celebration of arts, science and nature – Biosphere too - is coming to you on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October. Hullabaloo is brought to the Isle of Wight by Shademakers UK and The Common Space and...

New Carnival is to shine the light on our celebrated Island Coastal Footpaths - with animated trails, community arts participation and coastal heritage venues when it hosts a unique 3-day mini walking festival called Crossing the Bar, held between 14th...

4 teenagers have been arrested after yet another break-in to a derelict hotel in Sandown. Last night (Thursday) South Wight Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) were out on patrol conducting checks as part of Operation Spider, when they responded to a...

A car on its side has forced the closure of a main road in Newchurch this morning (Friday). Emergency services were called to the crash on Winford Road at around 08:30 this morning. A car with 3 occupants, travelling along...

This autumn term, primary and junior school-aged children across the Isle of Wight are being offered a flu vaccination by Solent NHS Trust’s School Aged Immunisation Service.  Children are being offered a nasal spray vaccine which is safe, effective and...