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Damaged sewerage infrastructure is said to be the likely cause of a void that was discovered in Quay Street in Newport on Sunday evening. As previously reported by Island Echo, a 12ft wide void was found under the road when...

How Southern Water tackles storm overflows took top billing at a special 2-day programme of customer and stakeholder engagement events on the Isle of Wight.  More than 250 community members gathered in Newport and Ryde last week and heard about...

‘Happy, healthy and active’ — that’s the Isle of Wight Council’s ambition for its elderly population as residents start to live longer. A new public health strategy has been approved for the Island by the council’s cabinet body for the year...

An Oakfield man who allegedly punched a teenage boy in the face whilst attempting to rob him in Sandown over the weekend has been remanded in custody.  Harry White, 22, of Reed Street in Oakfield, Ryde, appeared before Magistrates yesterday...

New artist impressions of how the long-awaited Pennyfeathers development will look have been revealed as the major scheme once again goes before the Isle of Wight Council's planning committee, with recommendations for approval. The Pennyfeathers scheme was first touted around...

The Jobcentre at Broadlands House in Newport has been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme that encourages Universal Credit claimants to spend more face-to-face time with their coaches. The plan could see claimants attend up to 10 meetings...

58-year-old Trevor Pearce, who was drunkenly donuting around the Hare and Hounds car park before crashing, was 4x the legal limit at the time of the offence. Pearce, 58, care of The Duver in St Helens, pleaded guilty to drink...

Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely. Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely says he is backing the Government's plan to tackle the arrival of illegal migrants on the UK's shores through the Illegal Migration Bill. Mr Seely is throwing his...

2 Islanders have been presented with Justice Awards by the High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight for their actions in protecting a woman who was being viciously assaulted by her 'seriously violent' boyfriend. 36-year-old Tommy Barnes from Ryde and...

John Keats John Keats - whose name has been closely associated with the seaside town of Shanklin - came on a visit to the Isle of Wight 206 years ago on 14th March 1817. Keats stayed in Carisbrooke, where he...