The Ryde Marina Bowls Club Women's Senior Fours team have won the Bowls England National Championship in Leamington Spa. The 4 ladies - Leen Hampshire, Carole Wolton, Sandra Aldridge and Anne Bernard - will now go on to represent England...

Thousands of spectators lined the South Coast for the 62nd Cowes-Torquay-Cowes powerboat race at the weekend, which was closely followed by the popular Cowes-Poole-Cowes race. There was plenty of action on the Solent on Sunday as the 29 powerboats took...

Bricklayers and labourers building the new Isle of Wight County Asylum at Whitecroft went on strike to demand higher pay on 28th August 1894. The bricklayers were asking for 8d an hour (£3.20 in today's values) and the labourers wanted 5d (£2...

National League club Eastleigh has announced the departure of Isle of Wight manager Lee Bradbury after just 5 games. The announcement came after the Spitfires lost 2-0 at Southend United on Friday night. The Hampshire club had been winless in...

Jan Fletcher took 1st female spot and 1st place in the PSUK National Standard Triathlon Championships at the Blithfield Triathlon in the West Midlands in her final race of the season on Sunday 20th August. The 1500m swim was in...

In 1 of just 2 games played by Island cricket sides in the mainland leagues on Saturday, Shanklin & Godshill secured a comprehensive 8-wicket win against Langley Manor. Shanklin ended their relegation worries with the victory against fellow candidates for...

Do you have a well known Isle of Wight surname and would like to know more about it? Most Island residents have surnames common enough throughout the rest of England. There are 1,778 Smiths, 1,065 Joneses and 988 Taylors living...

Ryde saw a massive turn out of scooterists for the 2023 August Bank Holiday Scooter ride-out today (Sunday). Thousands of Island residents and tourists lined the streets along the route as the noisy procession made its way from Ryde and...

Harwoods Division 1 leaders Whitecroft & Barton Sports made hard work of beating East Cowes Sports at the GKN Sports Ground on Saturday. W&B were on top in the 1st half  with Kyle Drew coming close in the opening stages...

In the 5th edition of Isle of Wight cinemas, Island Echo examines the 3 cinemas that once graced the streets of the South Wight town of Ventnor. All Ventnorians know of the Rex Cinema. A replica of its art deco...