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Local businesses have been left owed thousands of pounds by the collapsed Sweet Charlies dessert shop in Newport, which shut its doors at the beginning of the year. The once much-loved eatery opened back in May 2021 and proved hugely...

'Use it or lose it' - that's the message from the chairman of the Historic Ryde Society amid the uncertain future faced at The Museum of Ryde. The creation of the Museum of Ryde - which is housed in the...

A flight to the Isle of Wight by the National Police Air Service helicopter remains shrouded in mystery amid claims the chopper landed in the back garden of a crew member's friend's house - and stayed there for over half...

Fruit and veg will remain on the menu in Ryde as Mellish's is to takeover the much-missed Barrow Boys premesis on the High Street. As previously reported by Island Echo, Barrow Boys announced its closure in January after proprietor Leslie...

A raid by immigration officials on an Indian restaurant in Newport has resulted in a penalty referral notice being issued by the Home Office. Immigration enforcement officers visited Tamarind on St James' Street last Wednesday (26th April). The property was surrounded to...

An ingenious Isle of Wight pensioner has created a personalised number plate - RU88 1SH - to circumvent bureaucracy at her local tip. Patricia, who no longer has a car, had found herself unable to leave rubbish at Afton Marsh...

The wife of a Binstead man who slashed her throat with a craft knife, just moments after stabbing the family dog to death, is standing by him - despite his attempts to kill her. Earlier today (Wednesday) a jury found...

A major exercise exploring the plan of action for evacuating passengers from a broken down hovercraft in the Solent has been taking place on the Isle of Wight today (Wednesday). HM Coastguard, the RNLI and the Isle of Wight Ambulance...

Piers Braizer, the prime suspect of a brutal murder in Ryde, which he was later cleared of committing, has been found dead. The 39-year-old was previously accused of killing 33-year-old Scott Cooper from Newport at a flat in Ryde back...

Police carried out a drugs raid on 2 commercial premises in Shanklin yesterday morning (Monday), seizing a quantity of suspected Class B drugs. As part of an ongoing investigation into the suspected supply of drugs on the Isle of Wight,...