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A Whitwell man has been fined £576 for sending a barrage of offensive messages via Whatsapp and Snapchat to his ex-partner. Samuel Dyer, 30, of High Street in Whitwell appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court last Friday (2nd...

Swan pedalos will not be seen on Ryde Canoe Lake for the 2nd consecutive year, it has been confirmed. For over 100 years locals and tourists alike have been able to enjoy the lake on either a kayak, canoe or...

The final plank of Wightlink’s new pedestrian walkway - linking the FastCat terminal at Ryde Pier Head with Ryde Esplanade - has been laid, with the new walkway set to open within weeks. Wightlink’s Head of Port Operations Dean Murphy...

A former Isle of Wight primary school building will be put up for sale in the coming days, but a community effort has unveiled its bid to save it for the town. The Isle of Wight Council has agreed to...

All 5 people who were arrested by Police as a result of an incident that occurred in Binstead last week (1st June) have been bailed. As first reported by Island Echo, emergency services rushed to Ringwood Road at 05:30 on Thursday morning...

Grants of up to £3,000 are now available to help organisations deliver initiatives that support families, children and young people living on the Isle of Wight. The Early Help Community Capacity Building Grant is available to local groups, clubs and...

Around 40,000 bees swarmed the Wightlink entrance at Ryde Pier Head yesterday (Sunday) in search of a new home. Luckily, a local beekeeper was quickly on the scene to help out and the bees have now successfully been rehomed in...

The Isle of Wight Council and its valued partner, Carers IW, is celebrating National Carers Week with the launch of a new carers strategy. The strategy has been developed to support the 19,000 unpaid carers on the Island. An unpaid...

Will you continue to be a reduce, reuse, recycle force for good and make a difference to our planet? That’s the message behind the Isle of Wight Council’s recycling superhero campaign. The Isle of Wight is already an Island of...

South Coast Leisure - owners of Newport IW FC's former St George's Park ground - have claimed progress in creating a new 'state-of-the-art' facility for the County Town club at Whippingham. The new stadium will apparently be hosting football games...