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Monday 13th February – Friday 17h February 2023 • Arun Ajayan, 32, of Pyle Street, Newport pleaded guilty to drink driving (82). He was banned from driving for 20 months, fined £258 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a...

37-year-old Thomas Cornell has been banned from driving for 9 months after crashing his car in Bembridge and leaving it in a dangerous position. It was just before 06:00 on the morning of 14th December last year that Police received...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary’s first ‘home grown’ chief constable has taken up his position today (Thursday) with a commitment to provide exceptional local policing.   49-year-old Scott Chilton returns to the force where he began his policing career as...

Work is underway to address the landslip that has led to temporary traffic lights being erected at St John’s Road in Wroxall. Temporary traffic lights have been in operation since November last year when a landslip sent tonnes of debris...

Motorists travelling to and from Ryde can expect disruption as the main road through Havensrteet has been closed - and is unlikely to re-open until tomorrow evening. Earlier today (Thursday) Havenstreet Main Road was closed to allow Scottish and Southern...

Southern Water is inviting Island residents to drop-in sessions in both Ryde and Newport to talk about how the water company is doing and its plans for the future. At the meetings, discussions will be held about how Southern Water...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has welcomed the confirmation of £21.5million of additional funding to modernise digital technology, IT infrastructure and clinical systems. £12.5million of the capital funding forms part of the Investing in Our Future programme (IOF) to...

Former Isle of Wight copper and chair of the Police Federation, John Apter, will not face criminal prosecution over allegations of sexual assault, but will face a misconduct hearing. It has been reported by Sky News that the Crown Prosecution...

The owner of the now-closed swimming pool at Gurnard Pines has said that if he can get a minimum of 100 Islanders to pledge £300 a month in membership, the pool can reopen.  As previously reported by Island Echo, on...

Plans to strip the HSBC building in Ryde when it closes later this year have been put forward to the Isle of Wight Council. The Union Street branch is to close at the end of August, as previously reported by...