Local Community News

Police are this week appealing for information after a man with learning difficulties was attacked in Binstead in the early hours of New Year's Day, just an hour and a half after welcoming in the new year. The 42-year-old man...

Wightlink has extended its services between Yarmouth and Lymington to offer 24 extra later evening return sailings during summer 2014. This follows feedback from Islanders and mainland customers. The cross-Solent company say they will monitor the popularity of the extra...

Southern Vectis have put in place a number of bus route diversions following the closure of Collingwood Road, Falcon Cross Road and Landguard Manor Road in Shanklin due to a partial collapse of the carriageway, as reported by Island Echo...

Residents and businesses in East Cowes are without power again this morning (Saturday) following the re-occurrence of an underground cable fault. Around 120 properties are currently without electricity supplies in the Castle Street, York Avenue and Well Road areas of the...

Visit Isle of Wight Ltd (VIOW) has announced a number of significant improvements, updates and enhancements to its award-winning website. During the summer months, the site welcomed over 300,000 unique visitors from across the globe, a huge increase compared with...

The Isle of Wight Council has published the key findings from its budget engagement survey held between mid-October and mid-November. The survey took place alongside seven budget engagement ‘roadshows’ staged at venues across the Island. As a further stage of consultation,...

Bomb disposal experts from Portsmouth were deployed to the Island today (Friday), only to discover the suspicious object discovered had been covered over by a landslip. The suspected ordnance, believed to be a hand grenade, was found by a member...

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, is encouraging Island schools to book trips to Parliament as the next Parliamentary Education Service telephone booking day approaches – Friday 10th January.  On that day trips can be booked between 22nd April and 23rd July...

The recycling of textiles is the second largest single source of income for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, and throughout the year they work with recycling partner, Bag It Up Ltd., urging people to collect any unwanted...

UPDATED: The Environment Agency have issued a flood warning for the Eastern Yar this evening (Wednesday). Following consistent heavy rain today, levels in the upper Eastern Yar are high and continue to rise. Further showers are forecast for the rest...