The Isle of Wight Cricket Board has announced the appointment of Nick Heelan as their Cricket Development Manager.  Nick commences in the role on the 19th of June. Having recently retired from Hampshire Constabulary as a Detective Chief Inspector, Nick is...

Newport's Men's Novice crew had an encouraging race on Saturday (17th June). Boris Hare, Connor Garner, Chris Clarke and Artur Rozvodovski were competing at BTC ( Southampton) in the latest round of the Hants & Dorset regatta season. Newport were...

Ryde Harriers took part in the annual Alresford Rotary 10-kilometre race on Sunday (18th June). After having taken the 06:00 ferry to this quiet Georgian town (which was kindly recognised by the race announcer with his loud microphone), a warmup...

Cowes Primary School celebrated the whole of its school community at its annual International Day event on Thursday (15th June).  The school is proud of its diversity and currently teaches children whose families are from all areas of the world...

Orchard House Care Home residents got into the festival spirit at the weekend with some celebratory glasses of H20. Activities co-ordinator Katie Schlepp said: "We had a fantastic morning with them in the garden, enjoying the sunshine and soaking up...

Kev Chant (time trial) Wightlink-Wight Mountain Cycle Racing team members Elvis Belton, Kev Chant, Chris Marsh and James Veal travelled to Goodwood to compete in Round 7 of the Summer Series on Tuesday (13th June). Despite the oppressive heat, Chant...

The inbred slur made against Isle of Wight residents is nothing new: 153 years ago, a magistrate aired the 'general opinion' that the cause of the increase of lunacy on the Island was the number of families intermarrying. The magistrate...

Ventnor and Ryde beat mainland opposition but Shanklin's winning streak came to an end on Saturday (17th June). In Southern Premier Division 1, Ventnor saw off Portsmouth at Steephill with just 3 balls of their innings remaining. Portsmouth reached a...

In the 4th and final edition of Isle of Wight place names, Island Echo seeks out some of the Island's more unusual sites. Have you ever wondered whether America Wood comes from the other side of the Atlantic, if there...

As entries pass the 1,000 mark for this year’s Round the Island Race, all eyes are on the front runners that will lead the fleet away from the Royal Yacht Squadron start line on Saturday 1st July. The new boat on the Solent scene this season is Notorious, a stunning Maxi 72 owned by Peter Morton, a long-time local in Cowes, who will skipper the boat in this year’s Round the Island Race. Boat captain...