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The headteacher of Cowes Enterprise College, Rebecca Pearce, has quit her role as principal at the troubled school. Island Echo approached the college for an exclusive statement yesterday (Thursday) following the hush-hush news that Pearce had gone on 'gardening leave'. This morning, however, a...

Following concerns raised by the family of a missing Island taxi driver who died back in April, Hampshire Constabulary have this week admitted failings in the case of Michael Hawkewell, who was found dead in Gurnard days after he was...

The Island's MP, Andrew Turner, has agreed to back a campaign to introduce a fixed link to the Isle of Wight should the majority of Islanders agree to the idea - a prospect that is not far from reality as...

A weather warning for the next 5 days has been issued by the Met Office this morning (Monday). Up to 60mm of rain is likely to fall in the next 36 hours according to the Met Office, who are saying...

A night of thundery showers across the Island is just the start of what is set to be a week of prolonged heavy rain for the Isle of Wight. Yesterday evening (Sunday) saw a series of lightning strikes across the...

A family in Ryde had a rude awakening this morning (Friday) when a van collided into their garden wall. The silver Ford Transit smashed through a brick wall and came to rest off the carriageway on Marlborough Road after another van collided into...

Two appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service have this morning (Thursday) attended Ryde Rowing Club following fears a fire had begun in the clubhouse. Crews from Ryde Fire Station were called to the scene at Appley...

UPDATED: Emergency services are understood to have raced to the scene of a reported domestic stabbing in Ventnor earlier today (Wednesday). An ambulance and a rapid response paramedic from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service were deployed to Ventnor High...

A car has collided with two parked vehicles and a fence in Ventnor this afternoon (Wednesday). Police were called to the scene on Leeson Road between Ventnor and Bonchurch at around 16:00, where it was discovered a VW Golf had...

Norovirus has returned to St Mary's Hospital in Newport, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust are warning. A number of patients and staff with diarrhoea and vomiting have been identified on a ward at St Mary’s in the last 24...