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Firefighters were called to a small rubbish fire outside Ladbrokes in Newport late last night (Sunday). 3 youths were seen moving several rubbish bags and setting a fire outside the bookmakers shop at around 22:50. The trio then moved off...

KFC's brand new drive-thru restaurant in Lake will now open in the New Year, it has been confirmed. Work on the new 250sqm restaurant at Merrie Farm Park off Newport Road has been underway for several months now and is...

Island Echo readers can expect to see faster, more accurate weather reports for the Isle of Wight in the future thanks to a new partnership with IW Met Service. The great British weather is always a talking point amongst local communities...

Fixed Link campaigner Carl Feeney has stated that he’s lifting both the time and donation limit to raise funds for the 'Solent Freedom Tunnel' viability study, proposed by infrastructure giant ARUP. The time limit for fundraising was originally set as...

Firefighters from across the Isle of Wight snubbed a planned exercise this weekend by booking themselves as unavailable in an apparent show of disgruntlement over recent and ongoing changes to the fire service locally. Only 2 out of 13 fire...

A concerned woman from Lake called the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service last night (Thursday) when her laptop battery started to expand. At 22:17 the local resident got in touch with Island Echo to seek advice on a...

Cadbury's Secret Santa postal service has landed on the Isle of Wight today (Thursday) giving Islanders the chance to secretly send FREE chocolate to someone special. A pop-up kiosk has taken up position on Western Gardens on Ryde seafront, where Cadbury's...

UPDATED: The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service won’t be renewing the temporary contracts of 7 firefighters when they come up for renewal at the end of the year, Island Echo understands. 5 firefighters from Ryde and 2 from...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, has this week written to top bosses at Wightlink, Hovertravel and Red Funnel demanding answers over the recent cross-Solent travel disruption and to express the concerns of thousands of Islanders. Island Echo highlighted the significant...

It's been yet another turbulent week for cross-Solent travel, continuing the 8 weeks of chaos across all 3 operators - Red Funnel, Wightlink and Hovertravel. The past 2 months have been a massive headache for those travelling to and from...