The women's football season kicked off with wins for all 3 Island ladies' sides - Shanklin, Cowes Sports and Wight Eagles - playing in the Hampshire County League on Sunday (4th September). In Hampshire Division 1, reigning Hampshire champions Shanklin...

Independent Arts is launching a new project entitled ‘Making Moves’, giving Islanders a chance to get creative through the medium of dance. Sessions will be led by practitioner Michelle Hainsworth, who has wide experience running dance projects for all ages,...

Isle of Wight Explorer Scouts will be taking part in a special Island-wide challenge next month - travelling across the Isle of Wight by bus.  The Southern Vectis Explorer Scout Challenge will take place on Saturday 10th September, and will...

Year 5 pupils at St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School in Carisbrooke were delighted to discover they were winners of the Noel Turner Science Festival competition, as part of the Science Festival held at Cowes Enterprise College. Prior to...

West Wight overcame winless East Cowes Sports at the GKN Sports Ground in a closely fought encounter on Saturday (3rd September). West Wight opened the scoring in the 19th minute through a Dan Burgess back heel at a corner (0-1)....

A skull once believed to be that of Michal Morey In the first of our series on Isle of Wight villains, Island Echo looks at the stories and myths surrounding Michal Morey - the murderous woodcutter from Arreton who was...

In the only Wessex League fixture to be played on the Island this Saturday (3rd September), Vics drew with 2nd-placed Andover Town at Beatrice Avenue. In what was a game of 2 halves, Vics soaked up 1st half pressure from...

Harrison Lake managed to hold off all the opposition against fierce opposition to win the Sandown & Shanklin Golf Club Championship, taking five of the major trophies on 19th August. Sandown & Shanklin Junior Club Championship results Junior Club Championship...

Isle of Wight cricket star Adam Hose — who recently signed for Worcestershire — is set to play for the Adelaide Strikers as one of their 3 overseas players in one of the world's biggest T20 tournaments, the Big Bash,...

Martin Dove and Tim Giles of IWTTA presenting a cheque for £1000 to Charlotte Hornblow of Mountbatten Hospice The Isle of Wight County Table Tennis Association recently held a charity tournament in aid of the Mountbatten Hospice, attracting around 20...