The Yachtsmen take on unbeaten top-of-the-table AFC Portchester in a Wessex Premier fixture at Westwood Park tomorrow evening (Tuesday). Portchester have won 18 of their 20 games in the season so far. Leading scorer Brett Pitman has hit the back...

Ventnor turned on the style and knocked in 10 tries against Fareham Heathens in front of a large crowd at Watcombe Bottom on Saturday (21st January). From the whistle, Ventnor played at a tempo that was hard to live with...

A 'Sleeping Beauty' submersible canoe (from the International Spy Museum In this edition of Made on the Isle of Wight, Island Echo looks at the work of the famous military canoes of Fred Goatley that were built in East Cowes...

The Isle of Wight's only local wrestling promoter - Outcast Pro Wrestling -  is bringing its biggest event, the family-friendly wrestling show 'Island Warfare 5', to the Wootton Bridge Community Centre on 4th February. This will be the 5th annual...

Division 1 leaders Shanklin and 2nd-placed Whitecoft & Barton Sports both had their games postponed on Saturday, 21st January. Champions Shanklin had their game against Brading called off due to a waterlogged pitch; 2nd-placed W&B couldn’t play as their opponents...

Victoria ‒ Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India ‒ passed away at her home on the Isle of Wight at 18:30 on 22nd January 1901. Her favourite pet Pomeranian, Turi, was laid upon her deathbed as a...

Cowes Sports have now gone 11 games without a win after conceding a goal to Fareham deep in injury time. The Creeksiders got the better of the Yachtsmen in a 1st half in which they scored and hit the crossbar...

UPDATE: (12:00) The games between Cowes Sports and Fareham Town, and East Cowes Vics and Hameworthy Recreation have both passed pitch inspections. UPDATE: The game between Cowes Sports and Fareham Town is subject to a further pitch inspection at 11:30. UPDATE: The game...

2 circus tigers Sopfti and Toph – destined for a cruel fate in Russia – have been rescued and will find their forever homes at the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in Sandown in February. The abused tigers, who were being kept...

Nurses from the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT) and Solent NHS Trust withheld their labour and took to a picket line outside St Mary’s Hospital today (Wednesday) in a row over pay. Local employees of the 2 Trusts were joined...