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Lynnbottom and Afton Marsh tips will re-open on the Isle of Wight next week, but no general waste will be accepted and only cars will be permitted on site. In order to maintain effective social distancing measures, to protect staff...

Police on the Isle of Wight discovered a number of ecstasy pills when they stopped a car in Sandown yesterday evening (Tuesday). Officers instructed an Audi Q3 to pull over on The Broadway, Sandown at 19:00. A specialist drugs search...

A poll of more than 5,000 Island Echo readers - the largest such poll held on the Isle of Wight - has shown that the majority WILL download the NHS contact tracing app when it goes live from tomorrow (Thursday)....

There has been another rise in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight, although such a rise is not unexpected. According to the latest data from Public Health England, a total of 145 cases have...

29 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have now sadly died at St Mary's Hospital since the coronavirus pandemic began with a further 6 dying in the local community, latest figures reveal. The latest victims of the deadly virus passed...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that there have been 3 new deaths on the Isle of Wight outside of St Mary's Hospital due to COVID-19 — 1 at home, 1 in a care home and 1 in...

A power cut is affecting properties in and around Godshill this morning (Tuesday). A fault resulted in the temporary loss of power to 123 postcodes in the PO30, PO36, PO37 and PO38 areas at 08:58 this morning. Further disruption is...

There are now 143 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Isle of Wight, according to the latest data from Public Health England. With the number of tests ramping up thanks to the permanent facility at Medina, a further 16 cases...

How the app looks - this is the introduction screen that will greet users Islanders are being encouraged to support the nation by being part of the next phase of the Government's Test & Trace Programme by downloading a brand...

A yellow weather warning for fog overnight and into tomorrow morning has been issued by IW Met Service this evening (Sunday). Low cloud and hill fog has dipped close to sea level in some western parts of the Island and...