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Thousands of Ryde citizens lined the streets of the town to pay their respects at the funeral of 2 lifeboatmen ‒ Frank Haynes and Henry Heward ‒ on 7th January 1907. The lifeboatman had tragically died on New Year’s Day....

The new permissive footpath at Brighstone Holiday Centre and the Isle of Wight Coastal Path between Grange Chine and Isle of Wight Pearl has been closed following significant landslips making it unsafe to use. Diversions were put in place yesterday...

A self-employed electrician has been handed an 18-month driving ban after crashing his work van into trees at Noke Common whilst drunk. Martin Kirwood-Slack, 42, of Sydney Close in Newport, pleaded guilty to 1 count of drink driving when he...

A quarter of regular users of the Isle of Wight Floating Bridge have rated the council-run service as poor. A further 1-in-5 passengers think the Medina River link, between Cowes and East Cowes, is below average. A survey was sent...

Cross-Solent travel operator Hovertravel has announced that from this month they will try keeping the engines turned on - as opposed to turning them off - when they turn the craft around at Ryde and Southsea, just like in the...

Tesco has issued a recall on Wicked Kitchen Spinach & Wild Garlic Ravioli because it may contain small pieces of metal. The recall was issued on Wednesday evening as a precautionary measure with Islanders warned by the Food Standard Agency...

Wightlink has cancelled 6 sailings on its Fishbourne to Portsmouth car ferry service on Monday night (9th January) due to essential work at the Fishbourne terminal. To allow work to take place to replace a vacuum mooring unit that has...

Community and voluntary organisations, as well as town, parish and community councils, are being urged to apply for grants that will help them support those in need in their communities. A total of £240,000 has been made available by the...

33-year-old Emma Elliott has been banned from getting behind the wheel for 32 months after crashing into a parked car whilst 4x the drink drive limit. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Clatterford Road in Carisbrooke...

An Isle of Wight town council has agreed to freeze its council tax precept for the 2nd year running. On Tuesday evening, Yarmouth Town Council decided its 2023 precept level would remain the same as 2022’s, despite rising costs. In...