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A historical landmark has been granted a new lease of life after the Isle of Wight Council approved plans to restore Grade II listed Appley Tower. The tower — halfway along the beach between Appley and Puckpool — will become...

Alleged driveway fraudster Simon Regan will now stand trial in January - 4 months later than originally planned. As previously reported by Island Echo, 56-year-old Regan, of Barrows Green in Crewe, Stoke-on-Trent, is alleged to have carried on the business...

Germans form the largest foreign-born minority on the Isle of Wight, according to the latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics from the 2021 census. 697 Isle of Wight residents were born in Germany according to the ONS...

A number of buildings at The Bay CE School secondary site – formally Sandown High School – are being demolished at the moment. What was known as blocks 1, 5 and 7 are to be knocked down having come to...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has welcomed wildlife television presenter and conservationist Megan McCubbin as its new President. The 27-year-old Springwatch star was confirmed as the Trust’s President at the charity’s recent annual general meeting on 5th November....

Around 50 Islanders - including the Green Party's Vix Lowthion and Labour's Richard Quigley - met at St James' Square to demand a general election be held immediately. In the view of the protestors, after a chaotic few weeks in...

The Isle of Wight Distillery, producers of Mermaid Gin, have announced today (Monday) that it has received B Corp certification from non-profit organisation B Lab. The distillery is the first business on the Isle of Wight to achieve B Corp...

Planning permission is being sought by supermarket giant Tesco to introduce a Timpsons pod at its store in Ryde - a whole 10 years after the idea was first touted. It was back in 2012 that Tesco proposed the introduction...

The Folly Inn on the outskirts of East Cowes is due to reopen next Monday (14th November) following an extensive refurbishment that has totally transformed the well-known Island pub.  Whilst maintaining the traditional character and heritage features of the building,...

Essential tree safety work, which will involve felling or cutting back up to 100 trees, is set to start along the Shanklin to Wroxall cycle path today (Monday). The Isle of Wight Council has identified between 85 and 100 trees...