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Debris falling from a block of residential flats, which were badly damaged by fire back in September, has forced the closure of a road in Newport for the second time. Island Roads have closed West Street in the county town until further notice due...

The Irwin's home in Albert Road, Shanklin 77-year-old John David Irwin killed his 83-year-old wife Jean by hitting her around the head with a hammer before strangling her with a scarf at their home in Shanklin, an inquest has today...

Hovertravel are to run a one-craft service tomorrow morning (Friday) due to a technical issue. The cross-Solent operator has said that the 07:30, 08:00 and 08:30 crossings from Ryde and the 07:45, 08:15 and 08:45 crossings from Southsea will not be...

Bestival - one of the best music festivals in the country - is saying goodbye to the Isle of Wight and moving to Dorset, it has been announced this morning (Thursday). The withdrawal of the event, which has been hosted...

Photo: Eva Rinaldi/CC BY-SA 2.0 The hugely popular DJ and producer David Guetta is to co-headline Friday night of the Isle of Wight Festival 2017, it has been announced this morning (Wednesday). It has also been revealed that Run-DMC will perform...

The house where Keziah was killed on Cromwell Aveneu, East Cowes An inquest into the death of 6-year-old Keziah Flux-Edmonds, who died back in June of this year, has today (Tuesday) concluded she was unlawfully killed by her father Darren...

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have successfully rescued a man and a woman from mud on marshland at Brading this morning (Tuesday). Crews from Ryde and Sandown, plus the Incident Support Unit from Newport were mobilised to the...

Councillor Phil Jordan has been sentenced at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Tuesday) after being caught driving his car whilst more than twice over the drink-drive limit. As exclusively revealed by Island Echo last week, the 67-year-old local...

UPDATED: Firefighters from Ryde and Sandown are attending a fire at a residential property on Lake High Street this evening (Monday). Traffic is heavy and backed up in the area as firefighters tackle what is understood to be a small...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight NHS Trust say they aware that a number of cases of diarrhoea and vomiting are circulating in the community and that Norovirus is reported on a ward at St Mary’s Hospital. Visitors to the hospital...