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The team over at Island Roads are preparing their fleet of gritters for the upcoming Winter season. With the Summer long gone and Autumn well underway, its all hands to the pump at the Stag Lane depot ahead of what...

The discovery of blocks of cocaine at an Isle of Wight landmark - thought to have been moved and hidden after washing up on the beach - has led to the arrest of a 57-year-old Ryde man, Island Echo can...

Police are still working to identify a man who is feared to have walked off with a quantity of high-purity cocaine after it washed up on the Isle of Wight coast at the weekend. Millions of pounds worth of Class...

The Isle of Wight Council's regeneration lead and 5 others have been made redundant after a reshuffle at the local authority, but there are reassurances that projects in the pipeline will continue. Chris Ashman was appointed as Director of Regeneration...

Specially trained officers from the Prison Service's 'Tornado' team were drafted in to deal with what is understood to have been a hostage situation at HMP Isle of Wight yesterday (Monday), Island Echo can exclusively reveal. The dramatic situation began...

Questions are still being asked about a 'land grabbed' playing field adjacent to St Blasius Academy in Shanklin - with confirmation that the green space is on a 125-year-lease to the school directly from the Isle of Wight Council.  As...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has launched an investigation after a patient was seriously injured following a fall from a window at St Mary's Hospital on Thursday. Police and paramedics rushed to the hospital site in Newport at just...

Gerry Henshaw and Andy Brooke Local butcher Gerry Henshaw has hung up the apron and cleaver today (Friday) after some 55 years in the butchery business. The 69-year-old, who lives in Wroxall, enjoyed his last day of employment at The...

Ryde Library is to be closed until Saturday morning  (9th September) whilst pest controllers treat a flea infestation in the building. Island Echo was alerted to the closure on Wednesday morning with the Isle of Wight Council fun facility forced...

"I cannot praise the emergency services enough for what they did" - that's the words of 1 of the thankful casualties from yesterday's dramatic air-sea rescue at Freshwater Bay, which saw 4 paddleboarders taken to safety. It was at around...