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EXCLUSIVE: A country park is to open on the outskirts of Ryde later this year, providing a new venue for events and countryside holidays for those visiting the Isle of Wight. Roebeck Country Park, located at Upton, is set to...

EXCLUSIVE: Claims have been made that the Isle of Wight is set to lose its Roads Policing Unit, with vehicles already disappearing from the Island, Island Echo can exclusively reveal. Rumours have been circulating that the Isle of Wight's specialist unit,...

EXCLUSIVE: Cross-Solent travel operator Hovertravel are looking to expand their service to customers by operating a new crossing to and from Sandown, Island Echo can exclusively reveal. Plans are in the pipeline to introduce a brand new passenger service between...

EXCLUSIVE: Police are this week investigating the attempted robbery of a Cowes betting shop after a man stormed into the High Street branch and assaulted a female manager. The shocking incident took place at Ladbrokes yesterday evening (Sunday), sparking Police...

EXCLUSIVE: German supermarket giant Aldi are set to open a second store on the Isle of Wight, according to sources. Plans are afoot to open a brand new store at Spithead Industrial Estate in Lake, near to the newly-built Merrie Gardens pub...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Four patients conveyed to hospital following the collapse of a car deck on board a Wightlink ferry have now been discharged, it has been confirmed. As first reported by Island Echo, cars were left at an angle and...

UPDATED WEDNESDAY: Carriageway resurfacing work across the Island was suspended yesterday (Monday) after several Island Roads employees were summoned to undergo an unannounced drugs test, Island Echo can exclusively reveal.  Selected members of the Island-wide workforce were called to the PFI contractor's HQ at...

EXCLUSIVE: Water main replacement work on St John's Hill in Ryde is to be redone due to a technical fault with the work that took 6 months to originally complete, Island Echo can exclusively reveal. Residents in the area and...

EXCLUSIVE: The mother of a 12-year-old schoolgirl is today warning other parents to be vigilant after an unknown man approached the innocent girl and her friends in a suspicious manner yesterday (Thursday). A man, said to be in his late...

EXCLUSIVE: Training exercises being held off of the Island's coastline have resulted in an increase in military helicopter activity in the skies above the Isle of Wight. Readers, particularly in the East Wight, have noted an increase in the number...