A fire at Liz Earle in Cowes has seen a large emergency services response to the town this morning (Thursday). The incident is believed to have happened at around 07:45 at the beauty company's Cowes site. 4 fire appliances including...

The troublesome floating bridge that operates between East and West Cowes is to be suspended today (Thursday). Service will be suspended from 09:30 this morning so that it doesn't affect the 'school run' until 05:00 the following day (Friday). As...

Trading standards have been called in to take up an investigation of fraud against 4 men arrested in Sandown on Friday afternoon. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called at 11:25 on Friday morning to a report of...

A major programme of highway improvement to some of the Island’s busiest roads is about to begin. Fairlee Road in Newport, Brading Road in Ryde and Newport Road, Niton are among sites in line for improvement in the programme which...

The Isle of Wight's Member of Parliament (MP) Bob Seely led a cross-party group of MPs to Kyiv earlier this month - the first group to do so since the war in Ukraine began in February. Seely, and some of...

Police are appealing for witnesses of a collision involving a car and a child on a bike yesterday (Tuesday) - in which the 12-year-old boy suffered serious injuries. At around 16:40 yesterday afternoon, a grey Mercedes A160 collided with a...

Maritime UK Solent has announced that the Diamond Sponsor for the inaugural awards in 2022 is the Solent Freeport.  Solent Freeport headlines a major group of businesses and organisations putting their weight behind the Maritime UK Solent Awards: Carnival UK,...

A man involved in a drugs supply operation between the Isle of Wight and Surrey has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds made from his criminal activities. Kieran Rainford also had his extensive collection of designer trainers confiscated...

More Island Line drama has left school children and commuters delayed after a technical issue has forced the cancellation of almost all trains to and from Sandown and Shanklin this morning (Wednesday) until at least 11:00. The 07:48 departure from...

A care home resident from the Isle of Wight received over 2,300 birthday cards from around the world, including 1 from an Island Echo reader all the way from Canada. Joan - a resident of Blackwater Mill Residential Home -...