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There’s a war of words over a potential £70,000 funding cut to stroke support services on the Isle of Wight. Council health bosses justified the termination of the Stroke Association’s service on Tuesday night by saying they had tried renegotiating...

On this day 145 years ago, James Caffyn was hanged in the last ever public execution at Winchester prison.  James Caffyn was a 31-year-old illiterate dock labourer. Contemporary newspaper reports described him as 5ft 2 ½ins tall, with a sallow...

A majorly controversial housing development in Ryde may go back before the Isle of Wight Council again — 20 months after it was given the green light. The 473-home West Acre Park was approved in July 2021 by the Isle...

A man who was found slumped behind the wheel having driven home drunk has been handed a 2-year driving ban. Tomas Vicas, 41, of Osborne Road in East Cowes, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis when...

5 Island locations have been listed among the 10 worst in the UK for Combined Sewers Overflows (CSO), new data has confirmed. Throughout 2022 a total of 1,579 spills were deposited into the sea on the Island with almost 33%...

Controversial proposals for yellow lines in an Isle of Wight town have been abandoned – to the sound of applause. Residents of St Catherine Street in Ventnor clapped at Thursday's decision at the Isle of Wight Council cabinet meeting, after...

After 3 successive years of moderate increases and even 1 decrease, Newport & Carisbrooke residents from April will have their Community Council precept frozen in recognition of the cost of living crisis so many are facing. At Monday's Budget Council,...

Lloyds Pharmacy located within Sainsbury’s supermarket in Newport is to close for the last time on 25th July 2023. As previously reported by Island Echo, the company is shutting all of its 237 in-store branches this year in response to...

Geoff and Kate Scandrett In a further blow for Sandown, Browns Golf and Blue Tiki Cafe Sandown have notified the Isle of Wight Council that they won't be opening this season and will be handing over the keys to their...

Once the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, a Newport High Street shop is to be transformed into a community council hub. Plans have been finalised that will see the former clothes shop become the home of Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council, with...