A Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council (NCCC) bench has been stolen from Downside Recreation Ground with another bench discarded in adjacent woodland.  Two men were witnessed carrying the stolen brown recycled plastic bench along Godric Road on Wednesday 28th August....

The next production at the Apollo Theatre, Newport, will be the play adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ best-selling thriller The Girl on the Train. The play follows Rachel, a young woman unsatisfied with her job and reeling after a breakup, who...

Isle of Wight footballer Scott Jones has signed for East Cowes Vics from AFC Portchester it has been announced this evening. Scott has played for both the other Isle of Wight Wessex League sides: Newport and Cowes Sports as well...

Bembridge rower Annie Caddick has won silver in the Mixed Double Sculls in the Paris Paralympics this morning (Sunday). Annie - with her partner Sam Murray - completed the course in a time of 7:28.19, less than 2 seconds behind...

Shanklin have advanced to the next round of the Challenge Cup by overcoming Northwood St Johns in a penalty shootout at the County Ground on Saturday (31st August). The game had a sense of déjà vu as the 2 teams...

Island Echo examines the 4 current licensed premises in Yarmouth - the settlement with the highest density of pubs per person in the whole of the Isle of Wight. The population of Yarmouth (according to the 2011 census) is just...

East Cowes Vics were beaten by Ringwood Town at Beatrice Avenue this afternoon (Saturday). The Victorians began the game in a confident mood having won their previous 8 Wessex Division 1 fixtures (4 this season). The New Forest side started...

In the only Wessex League game to be played on the Isle of Wight today (Saturday), in Division 1, 2nd-placed East Cowes Vics face midtable Ringwood Town at Beatrice Avenue. The Victorians have a 100% record in the league season...

Albany Prison inmate Jim Gilbert left incarceration on the Isle of Wight to collect £8,000 (£73,000 in today's values) on 30th August 1974. However, the money Jim Gilbert collected was not the ill-gotten gains of crime, but rather money he...

East Cowes Vics knocked Newport out of the Wessex League Cup after a penalty shoot out in a dramatic and close-fought game at Beatrice Avenue on Wednesday evening. Both Vics goals were scored by the Neale twins - Josh in...