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Immigration officers arrested 2 Vietnamese nationals following a raid on a nail salon in Ryde on Thursday, the Home Office has confirmed. It was just before 15:00 that Immigration Enforcement, accompanied by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, arrived at...

Police have rushed to a single vehicle collision which has seen a Peugeot collide with a shopfront in Newport this afternoon (Friday). The incident has occurred on Upper St James' Street and has seen a 25-plate Peugeot crash into a...

Police have issued an image of woman they would like to speak to following 2 shoplifting incidents at Ryde's Tesco Extra. At about 20:00 on Monday 14th July, a woman entered the Tesco store on Brading Road and stole 2...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has acknowledged the need to tackle the Isle of Wight’s ferry challenges during an exchange with Richard Quigley MP in Westminster, Island Echo can reveal. Island Echo was alerted to the development thanks to a nudge...

Red Funnel has cancelled a number of its hi-speed Red Jet sailings to and from the Isle of Wight this morning (Friday) due to a lack of staff.  The 06:05, 07:15 and 08:25 timetabled sailings from Southampton have been pulled...

Southern Water has announced that a hosepipe ban will come into force across the Isle of Wight on Monday following the driest Spring in over 100 years. Although the ban will not be legally enforceable until 09:00 on Monday 21st...

Reports of a person in cardiac arrest next to a children’s playground in Ryde prompted a rapid response from emergency services this afternoon (Tuesday) - but the incident turned out to be nothing more than a pair of drunks. The...

Adverse weather has led to the suspension of both Hovertravel’s Ryde-Southsea service and Red Jet's Cowes - Southampton service this afternoon (Tuesday). The cross-Solent operators say that the bad weather currently affecting the Isle of Wight means no services can...

Isle of Wight-based Ellen MacArthur Foundation has confirmed that it has placed 17 local job roles at risk of redundancy. The news of job cuts comes as part of a significant organisational restructure aimed at taking the circular economy from...

The National Trust has confirmed that it is looking to cut a number of jobs across the Isle of Wight as it tries to save £26million nationally in the face of rising costs. The conservation charity says it is proposing...