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Warren is Island Echo's sports reporter, predominately covering football matches across Wessex League and Divisions 1 and 2 of the Isle of Wight League. He also researches and writes all heritage stories, which have quickly become a reader favourite. Warren is fluent in 3 languages.
A new family support hub will open in Newport, strengthening early help services through a partnership between The Parenting Network, Isle of Wight Council and Quay Arts.
Read moreDetailsFreshwater Bay Golf Club has been left badly scarred after vandals rode motorbikes and suspected e-bikes across prepared greens yesterday (Sunday).
Read moreDetails15 Wight Tri members battled fog, driving rain and strong winds to complete Sunday’s Strawberry Pain Duathlon across Brighstone Downs and West Wight roads.
Read moreDetailsVentnor 1st XV struck with the final play to beat Alton 24-20 and keep their Hampshire Counties Three title hopes alive, while the 2nds saw their fixture abandoned on Saturday (28th February).
Read moreDetailsPlans to protect the Isle of Wight from nuclear attack were revealed half-a-century ago at the height of the Cold War.
Read moreDetailsBembridge & Vectis booked their place in the Memorial Cup semi-finals with a dominant 6-0 quarter-final victory over Osborne Coburg at Victoria Rec yesterday afternoon (Saturday).
Read moreDetailsIn our Isle of Wight Pubs series, Island Echo takes a look at Freshwater’s hotels and alehouses, and how they developed at the Island’s western edge.
Read moreDetailsAll 3 Isle of Wight Wessex League sides were in action today, with East Cowes Victoria producing a superb second-half comeback, Newport earning a valuable away point and Cowes Sports suffering defeat.
Read moreDetailsA 12-hour siege inside Parkhurst Prison ended half-a-century ago when a senior Isle of Wight police officer agreed to take the place of a hostage held at knifepoint.
Read moreDetailsCowes Sports - the only Isle of Wight Wessex League at home today (Saturday) - take on Andover New Street at the Zilch Waste Stadium at 15:00.
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