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UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: Sixth Form students at Christ the King College in Newport could return in the New Year to find they are without classrooms, as Island Echo reveals that the school owes more than £800,000 for the hire of the...

UPDATED: A young girl has sustained facial injuries after being attacked by a dog in Cowes yesterday evening (Sunday). The horrific incident, which saw a Staffordshire Bull Terrier bite the girl's face, is said to have taken place outside the Painter's Arms pub on...

Alan Sheward, who is reported to have left the IOW NHS Trust The Isle of Wight NHS Trust's Executive Director of Nursing and Quality, Alan Sheward, is reported to have left the Trust this week.  Although officials are refusing to...

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: A woman who walked down a slipway and started waving at passing boats was close to drowning last night (Friday) when she lost her footing and slipped into the sea at Cowes. Whilst waiting for the annual Cowes...

Gary 'Jeff' Stacey, who died at the age of 49 23-year-old Ryan Cooper, who earlier this year was given a 6 year prison term for the manslaughter of Gary 'Jeff' Stacey, is appealing both his conviction and sentence, Island Echo can...

A prison officer at HMP Isle of Wight is said to have been seriously assaulted after being dragged into a cell and beaten by an inmate. Sources say the officer sustained fairly serious injuries as a result of the unconfirmed incident, in...

A brand new nightclub offering a twin-themed experience is to open its doors in the heart of Newport next month, Island Echo can exclusively reveal. Fever Bars have confirmed they are to open their 34th nightclub on the site of the...

National discount retailer Poundland are to close one of their Newport stores next week, Island Echo can reveal. The former HMV premises opened as 99p stores in November 2013 before converting to Poundland at the end of March last year....

UPDATED: Police have tonight (Saturday) arrested a man in connection with an armed robbery at The Co-Operative store in West Street, Ryde. Just an hour ago, at just before 20:50, an assailant entered the store armed with a knife before threatening...

Residents living in Wroxall have expressed their concern that their properties are being 'marked' by criminals using the unusual method of a coke can. Those living in the village have noted suspicious behaviour lately whereby somebody places a half-empty can of...