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The now former Council Leader David Pugh has today lost his seat at the Isle of Wight Council by just 10 votes as Richard Priest takes hold of Shanklin South. The crowds cheered at Medina Leisure Centre this lunchtime as it was...

EXCLUSIVE: Two females and a male have this evening (Thursday) been arrested after the car they were travelling in was cornered by Police at a cul-de-sac in Sandown. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary were tonight searching for a J-reg Silver Honda...

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary have this afternoon detained at least one youth in Lake after two youngsters were seen with fishing rods around the fields of the Broadlea Primary School area. A hooded youth, age unknown, was seen to be...

UPDATED: One person was treated for smoke inhalation following a chip pan fire in Totland late last night (Tuesday). Three pumping appliances from the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service were called to a property at The Broadway shortly...

There’s always been a flamboyant air around Bestival. With a cheeky touch of chi-chi style and a knowingly arched brow, the event has played host, over the years, to some of the most outrageous turns around, from the finest alternative...

UK chocolatier Thorntons have announced that their Ryde store is set to close, adding to the town's diminishing high street concerns.  Signs placed in the store's windows in the last week apologise for the stores closure, advising that the nearest alternative outlet will...

UPDATED: The driver of a Mercedes Benz that smashed into a taxi before careering through a fence and into a balcony has died, Police have revealed. As Island Echo reported first on Thursday lunchtime, the blue Mercedes E200 was involved in a...

EXCLUSIVE: Island Echo has this evening (Friday) acquired photographs of two disrespectful drivers parking on graves in Ventnor, causing a public fury of anger. Island Echo reader Amie Brett sent the photographs to the news desk after capturing the truly shocking...

Island Echo understands that officers from Hampshire Constabulary carried out a drugs raid on two properties in Newport this morning (Friday). A home address in Nelson Road was raided shortly before 10:15hrs. It is understood that a second home address...

A blue Mercedes-Benz has this lunchtime gone through a fence and has come to rest level with the balcony of a property after colliding with a taxi in Wootton. Emergency services are on the scene at Kite Hill with the...