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Knowledge is power when carrying out complicated repairs to the electricity infrastructure in adverse weather, so Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) ensures its engineers are equipped and trained to deal with a wide variety of challenges in our changing...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding businesses that from Tuesday 1st November, they will no longer be able to use their existing Value Added Tax (VAT) online account to submit VAT returns.   By law, all VAT-registered businesses must now...

Dame Donna Langley, Chairman of Universal Pictures and former resident of the Isle of Wight, has said in an interview that she wants to send Hollywood A-lister Tom Cruise into space and film him doing a spacewalk. The out-of-this-world idea,...

A local business that specialises in diecast models has gone from strength to strength, expanding into larger premises and opening a brand new shop in Newport. Faz's Diecast offers models in 1/18  and 1/64 scale, working closely with manufacturers to...

The Isle of Wight’s 1st Filipino restaurant – Kusina Restobar – opens today (Saturday 8th October) on Holyrood Street in the heart of Newport. Not only will it be the 1st eatery of its type on the Island – Kusina...

Island Echo always welcome letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff. Letter to the editor - 30th September 2022 "Wednesday the 21st of September saw the third meet-up of...

The boards of Optivo and Southern Housing Group have approved proposals to merge and create a new 77,000-home social landlord. The new organisation will be named Southern Housing and the target date for formal completion is early 2023. Discussions about...

A man arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder his own wife at their home in Binstead remains in hospital some 3-and-a-half months after the alleged incident. Detectives are continuing to investigate a man in his 50s on suspicion of...

'They are absolutely killing Sandown' - those are the words of 1 local resident who has caught wind of plans by Two Saints to create a house in multiple occupation (HMO) on Avenue Road in the town. Builders have apparently...

It was 10 weeks ago on Monday that the works to replace a stone wall on Queens Road in Ryde got underway, bringing about significant traffic congestion. But it looks as though the re-opening of the road is still a...