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Needles Coastguard Rescue Team look set to relocate from Totland to Yarmouth in 2023, thanks to a new partnership with the fire service, Island Echo can reveal. Behind the scenes plans have been drawn up for the West Wight-based Coastguard...

A major piece of Beryl rider research has unearthed a number of interesting new trends on the Isle of Wight, including greater integration with wider transport networks and a decline in private vehicle use.  The findings of the Beryl Annual...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is celebrating its 1st cohort of Registered Nurse Degree Apprentices, who have completed their nursing qualifications in partnership with The Open University. Like many other NHS organisations across the country, the Trust has found...

Gritters will be out in force once again this afternoon (Monday) and tomorrow morning (Tuesday) as the cold weather continues to grab hold of the Island. Island Roads will be out and about at 14:00 this afternoon treating wet spots...

Captain Shane Wood Cowes Harbour Commission has announced the appointment of a new Harbour Master, Captain Shane Wood. Captain Wood will join the CHC team in February 2023 and take on the statutory duties and areas of responsibility currently managed...

Award-winning actress Maisie Williams has designed a new range of sustainable merchandise, inspired by some of her favourite movie food references, in aid of a UK food inequality project - and Island business Teemill has teamed up with her to...

Red Funnel has confirmed its timetables for the upcoming Christmas period (19th December 2022 – 2nd January 2023). Notably, Red Funnel will once again be the only ferry company crossing the Solent on Christmas Day, offering 2 departures from each...

Community organisations, the Isle of Wight Council and the NHS are working together to support people on the Island to stay well, independent and connected with their local community this winter. The Living Well and Early Help Partnership has already...

A prolific shoplifter with over 115 convictions to his name has managed to avoid jail time yet again. 39-year-old Warren Russell, of Green Street in Ryde, appeared before Magistrates on Wednesday (7th December) charged with 7 counts of theft from...

A doubling in council tax rates for 2nd home and empty property owners could be introduced, should new legislation be approved. As the housing crisis continues and with more than 3,000 2nd homes now recorded on the Island, the Isle...