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A revised timetable is to be in operation on Wightlink's Fishbourne-Portsmouth route on 3 days next week.  Essential maintenance on the berth at Fishbourne will mean that on 4th, 5th and 6th April a revised timetable will be in operation....

The Isle of Wight Council has been recognised as an Age Friendly Employer - 3 years after signing a special charter. It was in 2020 that he Isle of Wight Council signed the Age Friendly Charter — a commitment to...

Funding from the Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’s Access Fund has enabled local charity Gift to Nature to improve access for disabled visitors to Brading Down Local Nature Reserve. Gift to Nature has been working with Isle...

A number of motorists were stopped by roads policing officers yesterday (Saturday) including 1 driver who was seen going round a roundabout the wrong way. On patrol officers met the car on a roundabout in Newport with officers were shocked...

This week we return to the Isle of Wight Piers series and in this 3rd edition, Island Echo examines the long and varied history of Totland Pier, which was once fashionable before falling into disrepair. In the mid-19th century, Totland...

The owner of a popular Isle of Wight attraction has lamented the sudden closure of a public footpath — and only free access route to his business — over fears it could lose him vital footfall. The Isle of Wight...

The Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, has awarded a new contract to continue to support victims and reduce reoffending. Restorative Solutions has been running the service across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight for the last 5 years. The...

Husband and wife team Russell and Jodie Dyke have revived Godshill Cider Barn ahead of an anticipated busy Summer season. The pair, originally from London, have long since harboured ambitions of opening such a business on the Island having holidayed...

Guglielmo Marconi You may have guessed… but this article was actually our April Fools for 2023! Marconi is famed for his work with radio, not time machines… Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi 1st proved he could send an inanimate object through...

A man who stole 2 bottles of prosecco from Tesco in Lake and then downed 1 of them before Police could arrive has been handed a £40 fine. Leszek Berezniak, 32, of Grove Road in Sandown pleaded guilty to theft...